Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2327
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:894

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–21v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Rubric: f. 1r
atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbho yaṁ
Incipit: f. 1v
prahmovāca
stotrāṇāṁ paramaṁ stotraṁ viṣṇor nāmasahasrakaṁ
hitvā stotrasahasrāṇi paṭhanīyaṁ mahāmune 1 (Anuṣṭubh)
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave 2 (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyanauvāca
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata 3 (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
Explicit: f. 20v
namo stv anaṁtāya sahasramūrtaye
sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave
sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvate
sahasrakoṭīyugadhāriṇe namaḥ 26 ( MBh. 13.135.142*635, lines 5–8 ) (Jagatī)
Colophon: f. 20v
idaṁ pustakaṁ nirguṁḍīkara ity upanāmaka rāmacaṁdrabhaṭṭātmaja viṣṇubhaṭṭena likhitaṁ paropakārārthaṁ caitravadya 4 samāptaṁ saṁvat 1919 śubhaṁ
Explicit: f. 21r
rāme rāmeti rāmeti rame rāme manorame
sahasranāma tattulyaṁ rāma nāma varānane 27 ( MBh. 13.135.142*636, lines 7–8 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 21r
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi śata sahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāśakyāṁ bhīṣmayudhiṣṭirasaṁvāde viṣṇor divyasahasranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ
Colophon: f. 21r
śake 1784 bhāvanāmasaṁvatsare uttarāyaṇe taddine sāyaṁkālasamaye saṁaptaṁ
Final rubric: f. 21v
iti viṣṇusahasranāmaḥ samāptaḥ
Note:The Viṣṇusahasranāman is included in the Anuśāsanaparvan in the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. 13.135.1–142, yet the text as an independent treatise typically appends a phalaśruti not included in the critical text and most of which is also absent from the critical apparatus. The last verse of the text of the critical edition corresponds to verse 122 found on f. 20r. Its last quarter is repeated, terminated in the auspicious syllable and followed by nama iti, indicating the end of the original text. The text ends a second time with verse 126 followed by a colophon at the end of f. 20v. On f. 21r an additional verse, verse 127, is written followed by the final rubric and a second colophon. Since the whole manuscript is written in the same hand, the two continuations of the text belong to previous models. The final rubric of this manuscript situates the Viṣṇusahasranāman in the Śāntiparvan rather than in the Anuśāsanaparvan.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper
Extent:21 folia
Dimension:9.9 x 16.2 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left margin and lower right margin on the verso of each folio, but the recto of the last, f. 21r .
   Formula:1–21
   Signatures:vi0 sta0 appears above each folio number in the upper left margin, and rāma appears above the folio number in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio on f. 2v, f. 4v, f. 6v, f. 7v, f. 8v, f. 10v, f. 13v, f. 14v, f. 16v, f. 18vf. 20v, and f. 21r.
Collation: Folios are attached in pairs except the last, which is a single sheet.
Formula:1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12, 13–14, 15–16, 17–18, 19–20, 21
Condition:Very good condition with browned edges a few of which have small breaks.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 21v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 7 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:None, and the manuscript is remarkably clear of marginal corrections, with the exception of two in the same hand on f. 15v and f. 18r.

Decoration

Color:The paper of folios 1–2, 5–6, 9–10, 13–14, 17–18, and 21 is dyed yellow.
Border:Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. Decorative rectangular frames in red appear on f. 1r and f. 21v.

History

Origin:

The first colophon states that the manuscript was completed on the 4th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of caitra in the year 1919 of the saṁvat era, which corresponds to 18 April 1862 A.D., by Viṣṇubhaṭṭa, son of Rāmacandrabhaṭṭa Nirguṁḍīkara.

The second colophon states that the manuscript was completed in the evening in the bright half of the year called bhāva in the year 1784 of the śaka era, which corresponds to the same year.

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

Record history

Revised: 5 February 2012

Facsimile  (work )

Whole image     Individual pages
f. 1r     f. 1r  
f. 1v, f. 2r     f. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v, f. 3r     f. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v, f. 4r     f. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4v, f. 5r     f. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v, f. 6r     f. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v, f. 7r     f. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v, f. 8r     f. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v, f. 9r     f. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v, f. 10r     f. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v, f. 11r     f. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v, f. 12r     f. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v, f. 13r     f. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v, f. 14r     f. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v, f. 15r     f. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v, f. 16r     f. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v, f. 17r     f. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v, f. 18r     f. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v, f. 19r     f. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v, f. 20r     f. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v, f. 21r     f. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v     f. 21v  


Transcription (text structure)

atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbho yaṁ
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
śrīgurubhyo namaḥ
prahmovāca
stotrāṇāṁ paramaṁ stotraṁ viṣṇor nāmasahasrakaṁ
hitvā stotrasahasrāṇi paṭhanīyaṁ mahāmune 1 (Anuṣṭubh)
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave 2 (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyanauvāca
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata 3 (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
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viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhuravyayaṁ
bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavaṁ 22 ( MBh. 13.135.142 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
na te yāṁti parābhavoṁ
nama iti
<...>
<...>
namo stv anaṁtāya sahasramūrtaye
sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave
sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvate
sahasrakoṭīyugadhāriṇe namaḥ 26 ( MBh. 13.135.142*635, lines 5–8 ) (Jagatī)
idaṁ pustakaṁ nirguṁḍīkara ity upanāmaka rāmacaṁdrabhaṭṭātmaja viṣṇubhaṭṭena likhitaṁ paropakārārthaṁ caitravadya 4 samāptaṁ saṁvat 1919 śubhaṁ

End:
rāme rāmeti rāmeti rame rāme manorame
sahasranāma tattulyaṁ rāma nāma varānane 27 ( MBh. 13.135.142*636, lines 7–8 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi śata sahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāśakyāṁ bhīṣmayudhiṣṭirasaṁvāde viṣṇor divyasahasranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ
śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu
rāma cha cha cha
śake 1784 bhāvanāmasaṁvatsare uttarāyaṇe taddine sāyaṁkālasamaye saṁaptaṁ
śubhaṁ bhavatu
śrīkuladevatā prasanno stu
cha cha cha cha
iti viṣṇusahasranāmaḥ samāptaḥ
cha