Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2335
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:904

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–30v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Śivasahasranāmastotra
Rubric: f. 1r
.. śivasahasranāma ..
Incipit: f. 1v
vāsudeva uvāca ..
tataḥ sa prayato bhūtvā mama tāta yudhiṣṭhira ..
prāṁjaliḥ prāha viprarṣir nāmasaṁgrahām āditaḥ 1 (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.17.1 )
Explicit: f. 29rf. 29v
tavāpy aham amitraghna stavaṁ dadmy adya viśrutam
svargam ārogyam āyuṣmaṁ dhanyaṁ vedena saṁmitaṁ 49 ( MBh. 13.17.169 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
nāsya vighnaṁ vikurvaṁti dānavā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
piśācā yātudhānā vā guhyakā bhujagā api 150 ( MBh. 13.17.170 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
yaḥ paṭheta śuciḥ pārtha brahmacārī jiteṁdriyaḥ
abhagnayāgo varṣaṁ tu so śvamedhaphalaṁ labhet 181 ( MBh. 13.17.171 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 29v
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi dānadharme śivasahasranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ ..
Colophon: f. 29v
dinakarasyedaṁ pustakaṁ .
upanāmaka sapre ..
Final rubric: f. 30v
.. śivasahasranāma samāptaḥ ..
Colophon: f. 30v
patrāṇi 30 ..
Note:The Śivasahasranāmastotra is included in the Anuśāsanaparvan in the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. 13.17.1–171. The final rubric of this manuscript, however, situates the work in the Śāntiparvan.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper
Extent:30 folia
Dimension:10.4 x 16.4 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio 1–29, just in the lower right margin on f. 30v .
   Formula:1–30
   Signatures:śi0 sa0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio 1–29. rāma is written above the folio number in the lower right margin on f. 30v.
Collation: Paired folios.
Formula:1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12, ..., 29–30
Condition:Very good. The lower left corners have a water stain. The lower left corner on each of ff. 11–12 (f. 11r, f. 12r) is torn. the edges of the last few folios are frayed.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and on the lower right of f. 30v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 6 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

The two parts of the colophon on f. 29v are each written in a different hand from that the scribe. There is just a single marginal correction on f. 23v.

Decoration

Color:The second sentence of the colophon on f. 29v, the rubric on f. 1r and the final rubric, colophon, number and signatures on f. 30v are written in red.

History

Origin:The first sentence of the colophon states that the manuscript belonged to Dinakara. The addition in red gives his family name Sapre. 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 – Śivasahasranāmastotra.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Record history

Revised: 21 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. 22r     f. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v, f. 23r     f. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v, f. 24r     f. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v, f. 25r     f. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25v, f. 26r     f. 25v  f. 26r  
f. 26v, f. 27r     f. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27v, f. 28r     f. 27v  f. 28r  
f. 28v, f. 29r     f. 28v  f. 29r  
f. 29v, f. 30r     f. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30v     f. 30v  


Transcription (text structure)

.. śivasahasranāma ..
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
vāsudeva uvāca ..
tataḥ sa prayato bhūtvā mama tāta yudhiṣṭhira ..
prāṁjaliḥ prāha viprarṣir nāmasaṁgrahām āditaḥ 1 (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.17.1 )
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tavāpy aham amitraghna stavaṁ dadmy adya viśrutam
svargam ārogyam āyuṣmaṁ dhanyaṁ vedena saṁmitaṁ 49 ( MBh. 13.17.169 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
nāsya vighnaṁ vikurvaṁti dānavā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
piśācā yātudhānā vā guhyakā bhujagā api 150 ( MBh. 13.17.170 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
yaḥ paṭheta śuciḥ pārtha brahmacārī jiteṁdriyaḥ
abhagnayāgo varṣaṁ tu so śvamedhaphalaṁ labhet 181 ( MBh. 13.17.171 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi dānadharme śivasahasranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ ..
.. śrīsāṁbasadāśivārpaṇam astu ..
dinakarasyedaṁ pustakaṁ .
upanāmaka sapre ..
.. śivasahasranāma samāptaḥ ..
patrāṇi 30 ..