Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2463
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:869

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–26v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhīṣmastavarāja
Incipit: f. 1r
janamejaya uvāca
śaratalpe śayānas tu bhāratānāṁ pitāmahaḥ
katham utsṛṣṭavān dehaṁ kaṁ ca yogam adhārayat 1 (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 12.47.1 )
Explicit: f. 26rf. 26v
tato giraḥ puruṣavarastavānvitā
dvijeritāḥpathi sumanāḥ sa suśruve
kṛtāṁjaliṁ praṇatam athāparaṁ janaṁ
sa keśihā muditamanābhyanandata 106 ( MBh. 12.47.72 ) (Rucirā)
Final rubric: f. 26v
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi rājadharmme stavarājaḥ 47
bhīṣmastavarāja(ḥ) saṁpūrṇa(ḥ) samāpta(ḥ) .. ..
Colophon:none
Note:See Ms. Coll.390, Item 490, Notefor a description of the Bhīṣmastavarāja.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:26 folia
Dimension:10.5 x 16.1 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
   Formula:1–26
   Signatures:bhī0 ṣma0 appears above the 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.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and on the lower right of f. 26v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 5 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Clear, bold, regular characters.
Additions:

Mistakes covered over in yellow. Marginal corrections in a hand other than scribe's on f. 7r, f. 20r, f. 24r. Additional minor in-line corrections.

Decoration

Color:Folios 5, 6, 11, 20, 25, and 26 are dyed yellow. Mistakes are covered over in yellow.

History

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.

Subject headings

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

Record history

Revised: 4 March 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. 26v  


Transcription (text structure)

.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

janamejaya uvāca
śaratalpe śayānas tu bhāratānāṁ pitāmahaḥ
katham utsṛṣṭavān dehaṁ kaṁ ca yogam adhārayat 1 (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 12.47.1 )
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tato giraḥ puruṣavarastavānvitā
dvijeritāḥpathi sumanāḥ sa suśruve
kṛtāṁjaliṁ praṇatam athāparaṁ janaṁ
sa keśihā muditamanābhyanandata 106 ( MBh. 12.47.72 ) (Rucirā)
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi rājadharmme stavarājaḥ 47
bhīṣmastavarāja(ḥ) saṁpūrṇa(ḥ) samāpta(ḥ) .. ..