Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2222
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:891

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–36v (incomplete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Cover rubric: f. 1r:
.. atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
Incipit: f1v-f2r:

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁ
sārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabha
viṣṇave ..1..

namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhū
bhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..
2..
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pā
vanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evā
bhyabhāṣata ..3..
Note:
MBh. 13.135.1
Explicit: f. 36v:

naro muktim avāpnotī cakrapā
ṇir vaco yathā ..
brahmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaiḥ
pramucyate ..36..
Final rubric: f. 36v:
iti śrīmanmahābhārate śata
sahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vayyāśakyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi [missing 1 leaf, It is probable that just one folio numbered 37, containing the remainder of the final rubric and perhaps a colophon on f. 37r and perhaps a back-cover final rubric on f. 37v, is missing.]
Colophon:none
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 122 found on f. 33v. This verse is followed by several verses included in the critical apparatus the last of which is verse 129 which in turn is followed by several verses not included in the critical apparatus. 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:White European paper with chain lines.
Watermark:A watermark depicting Lady Brittania on a throne with her shield is visible on ff. 13, 20, 21, 26, 34, and 36. Text in addition is visible on f. 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, and 31. The text reads: (mentioned: W & J Harris
TurkeyMill
1839 )
Extent:36
Dimension:10.5 x 17.4 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Missing the last folio, folio 37, containing the remainder of the final rubric and perhaps a colophon. Folio 1 has been damaged and repaired. Folios 29 and 30 have small holes burnt in them, and f. 29v has a black smudge near the burnt hole.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 5 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written clearly with a reed pen that distinguishes thick and thin lines and produces sharp angles.
Additions:

Besides pra on f. 12r, there are no additions or corrections.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas are written in red. Orange powder is rubbed in over numbers.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page beginning with f. 1v.

History

Origin: 17–
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 – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th 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. 16v,f. 17rf. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v,f. 18rf. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v,f. 19rf. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v,f. 20rf. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v,f. 21rf. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v,f. 22rf. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v,f. 23rf. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v,f. 24rf. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v,f. 25rf. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25v,f. 26rf. 25v  f. 26r  
f. 26v,f. 27rf. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27v,f. 28rf. 27v  f. 28r  
f. 28v,f. 29rf. 28v  f. 29r  
f. 29v,f. 30rf. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30v,f. 31rf. 30v  f. 31r  
f. 31v,f. 32rf. 31v  f. 32r  
f. 32v,f. 33rf. 32v  f. 33r  
f. 33v,f. 34rf. 33v  f. 34r  
f. 34v,f. 35rf. 34v  f. 35r  
f. 35v,f. 36rf. 35v  f. 36r  
f. 36vf. 36v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: .. atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁ
Line 2: sārabaṁdhanāt .. vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabha
Line 3: viṣṇave ..1..
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhū
Line 4: bhṛte .. anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..
Line 5: 2..
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pā
f.2r
Line 1: vanāni ca sarvaśaḥ .. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evā
Line 2: bhyabhāṣata ..3.. [
f.33v
Line 2: [ viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jaga
Line 3: taḥ prabhavāvyayaṁ .. bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti
Line 4: parābhavam ..22.. [
f.35r
Line 2: [ sarvade
Line 3: veṣu yat puṇyaṁ sarvatīrtheṣu yat phalaṁ .. tat phalaṁ sama
Line 4: vāpnoti stutvā devaṁ janārdanaṁ ..29.. [
f.36v
Line 2: [ naro muktim avāpnotī cakrapā
Line 3: ṇir vaco yathā .. brahmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaiḥ
Line 4: pramucyate ..36..
iti śrīmanmahābhārate śata
Line 5: sahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vayyāśakyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi [missing 1 leaf, It is probable that just one folio numbered 37, containing the remainder of the final rubric and perhaps a colophon on f. 37r and perhaps a back-cover final rubric on f. 37v, is missing.]
Record revised:20 February 2012