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

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:paper; Folios 1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, 17-18, and 21 on yellow paper.
Extent:21
Dimension:9.9 x 16.2 cm
Foliation:21 leaves, foliated 1-21.
formula: 1-21
Layout:Written in 7 lines per leaf.

History

Origin:Viṣṇubhaṭṭa, son of Rāmacandrabhaṭṭa saMvat 1919; zaka 1784; [=1862]
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

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Transcription

f. 1v:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ śrīgurubhyo namaḥ prahmovāca stotrāṇāṃ paramaṃ stotraṃ viṣṇor nāmasahasrakaṃ
hitvā stotrasahasrāṇi paṭhanīyaṃ mahāmune 1
f. 20v:
namo stv anaṃtāya sahasramūrtaye sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave
sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvate sahasrakoṭīyugadhāriṇe namaḥ 26
Note: 126
idaṃ pustakaṃ nirguṃḍīkara ity upanāmaka rāmacaṃdrabhaṭṭātmaja viṣṇubhaṭṭena likhitaṃ paropakārārthaṃ caitravadya 4 samāptaṃ saṃvat 1919 śubhaṃ
f. 21r:
rāme rāmeti rāmeti rāme rāme manorame
sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāma nāma varānane 27
Note: 127
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṃtiparvaṇi śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāśakyāṃ bhīṣmayudhiṣṭirasaṃvāde viṣṇor divyasahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu rāma cha cha cha śake 1784 bhāvanāmasaṃvatsare uttarāyaṇe taddine sāyaṃ kāla samaye saṃaptaṃ śubhaṃ bhavatu śrīkuladevatā prasanno stu cha cha cha cha
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