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 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–4v |
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa |
Title: | Mahābhārata |
Part: | Śāntiparvan |
Part: | Mokṣadharmaparvan |
Part: | Adhyāya 338 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
bhīṣma uvāca .. prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ .. dadarśa tān eva narān śvetāṁś candraprabhāñ śubhān ..1.. (Triṣṭubh) ( 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 ekāṁtadarśanāya namo namaḥ |
Final rubric: |
f. 4r
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi aṣṭatriṁśadadhikatriśatamo <'>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 |
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, “British Make”. |
Extent: | 4 folia |
Dimension: | 10.5 x 17 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | Foliated in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio except the last which is numbered on the recto. The front, f. 1r , and back, f. 4v , are blank. |
Formula: | 1–4 |
Signatures: | nā0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin, and rāmaḥ appears above the folio number in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio. |
Collation: | Paired folios. |
Formula: | 1-2, 3-4 |
Condition: | Excellent. There are a few grease stains. |
Binding: | Unbound |
Seal: | A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 4v reads Library University Pennsylvania. |
Layout: | Written in 9 hand-ruled lines per page. |
Hand 1: | Clear regular characters tilted rightward. |
Additions: |
Mistakes written over. |
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. |
SubjectLC: | Mahābhārata. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 19th century. |
SubjectSL: | Mahābhārata |
Whole image | Individual pages | |
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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. 4v |