Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2408
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:878

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–4v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Mahābhārata
Part:Śāntiparvan
Incipit: f. 1v:
bhīṣma uvāca ..
prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ nārado bhagavā
n ṛṣiḥ ..
dadarśa tān eva narān śvetāṁś candraprabhāñ śubhān ..1..
Note:
MBh. 12.325.1
Explicit: f. 4r:

chinnasaṁśaya 190 sarvatovṛtta 91 nivṛ
ttarūpa 92 brāhmaṇarūpa 193 brāhmaṇapriya 94 viśvamūrte 95 mahāmūrte 96
bāndhava 97 bhaktavatsala 98 brahmaṇyadeva .99. bhakto <'>haṁ tvāṁ didṛkṣur ekāṁ
tadarśanāya namo namaḥ

Final rubric: f. 4r:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi a
ṣṭatriṁśadadhikatriśatamo <'>dhyāyaḥ 338..
Colophon:none
Note:The manuscript contains the 338th adhyāya of the Śāntiparvan which corresponds with MBh. 12.325.1–12.325.4 in the Pune critical edition.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:White European paper with chain lines.
Watermark:On ff. 3–4 Lady Britannia can be seen sitting on a throne with her shield (the top of which is cut off at the edge of the paper) below which are the words, (mentioned: British Make) .
Extent:4
Dimension:10.5 x 17 cm
Collation: Paired folios.
Formula:1-2, 3-4
Condition:Excellent. There are a few grease stains.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 9 hand-ruled lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Clear regular characters tilted rightward.
Additions:

Mistakes written over.

History

Origin: 18–
Acquisition: David Nelson (2000: 203) describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows:

“ The University of Pennsylvania Library possesses a collection of almost 3,300 Indic manuscripts, the largest such collection in the Western hemisphere. While the vast majority of these manuscripts are from India, there are also a number of manuscripts from Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.

Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the Library and the University Museum before 1930, but in that year, at the request of Professor W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), Provost Josiah Penniman provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. John Gribbel. Substantial contributions from Dr. Charles W. Burr, the Faculty Research Fund, and the Cotton Fund soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in India, between 1930 and 1935, under the direction of Professor W. Norman Brown. ”

Subject headings

SubjectLC:Mahābhārata.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 1rf. 1r  
f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4vf. 4v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

aDyAya 338:
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. bhīṣma uvāca .. prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ nārado bhagavā
Line 2: n ṛṣiḥ .. dadarśa tān eva narān śvetāṁś candraprabhāñ śubhān ..1.. [
f.3v
Line 8: [

chinnasaṁśaya 190 sarvatovṛtta 91 nivṛ
Line 9: ttarūpa 92 brāhmaṇarūpa 193 brāhmaṇapriya 94 viśvamūrte 95 mahāmūrte 96
f.4r
Line 1: bāndhava 97 bhaktavatsala 98 brahmaṇyadeva .99. bhakto <'>haṁ tvāṁ didṛkṣur ekāṁ
Line 2: tadarśanāya namo namaḥ


Mbh. 12.325.161–171
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi a
Line 3: ṣṭatriṁśadadhikatriśatamo <'>dhyāyaḥ 338..
Record revised:1 March 2012