Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2348
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:897

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–16v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Incipit: f. 1v:

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsāravaṁdhanāt
vimucyate na
mas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave 1

namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte
a
nekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave 2
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca
śrutvā dharmmā[ṇya]()śe
ṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata!ḥ!<> 3
Note:
MBh. 13.135.1
Explicit: f. 16r:

yasya haste gadācakraṁ garuḍo yasya vāhanaṁ
śaṁ
khaḥ karatale yasya sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu 65
Note:
MBh. 18.5.54*61, lines 7–8
Final rubric: f16r-f16v:
iti śrīmahābhārate satasahasrasaṁhi
tāyāṁ vaiyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇy uttamānuśāsano dānadharmmottare śrīviṣṇor divya
sahasranāma saṁpūrṇam
Colophon: f. 16v:
kalyāṇaṁ caitravadidvādaśyāṁ guruvāra idaṁ likhi
tvā rādhākṛṣṇena śubhaṁ saṁvat 1888 śakī
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 144 found on f. 14v. This verse is followed by several verses, the last of which corresponding to one in the critical apparatus is verse 152 found on f. 15r. The first line of verse 153 likewise corresponds; a modern hand has added the corresponding second line in pencil in the margin to replace the variant original second line. 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:European white paper with chain lines.
Watermark:Folios 8 and 9 have a watermark: Lady Britannia on her throne with a shield.
Extent:16
Dimension:11.5 x 20.7 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Very good with browned edges a few of which are have small breaks.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

Mistakes are covered over with yellow, crossed through or blotched out with gray or black ink. A modern hand has made in-line and marginal corrections in pencil. On f. 15r, a modern hand has added a standard second line in pencil in the margin to replace the variant original second line of verse 153. The same hand has made other corrections in pencil throughout.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the 12th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of caitra in the year 1888 of the saṁvat era, which corresponds to 9 May 1831 A.D., by Rādhakṛṣṇa.
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

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. 4v,f. 5rf. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v,f. 6rf. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. 7rf. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v,f. 8rf. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v,f. 10rf. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v,f. 12rf. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v,f. 14rf. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v,f. 15rf. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16vf. 16v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1v
Line 1: .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsāravaṁdhanāt vimucyate na
Line 2: mas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave 1
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte a
Line 3: nekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave 2
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca śrutvā dharmmā[ṇya]()śe
Line 4: ṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata!ḥ!<> 3 [
f.14v
Line 2: viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ pra
Line 3: [bhavāpya]()yaṁ bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavam 44 [
f.15r
Line 4: ākāśāt patitaṁ toyaṁ yathā gachati sāgaraṁ sarbadevanamaskāraṁ keśavaṁ prati gachati
Line 5: 52
eṣa niṣkaṁṭakaḥ paṁthā yatra saṁpūjyate hariḥ [kupaṁ phalaṁ] tatphalaṁ śriyam āpnoti śru
Line 6: tvā devaṁ janārddanaṁ 53 () [
f.16r
Line 5: [ yasya haste gadācakraṁ garuḍo yasya vāhanaṁ śaṁ
Line 6: khaḥ karatale yasya sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu 65
iti śrīmahābhārate satasahasrasaṁhi
Line 7: tāyāṁ vaiyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇy uttamānuśāsano dānadharmmottare śrīviṣṇor divya
f.16v
Line 1: sahasranāma saṁpūrṇam śubham astu kalyāṇaṁ caitravadidvādaśyāṁ guruvāra idaṁ likhi
Line 2: tvā rādhākṛṣṇena śubhaṁ saṁvat 1888 śakī cha ..
Record revised:6 February 2012