Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2363
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:917

Contents

Work 1

Physical description

Locus:ff. 1r–191v (complete)
Author:Jaimini
Title:Mahābhārata
Part:Aśvamedhaparvan
Form:Folia
Material:European paper with chain lines ff. 1–102. Country-made paper ff. 103–191.
Watermark:A seal of some sort that connot be made out clearly is visible on f. 1. Some letters and a number indicating a company and a year are similarly vaguely visible on f. 3: (mentioned: Y?ILMO
1 ) Elsewhere: (mentioned: IS
ET ) Elsewhere: (mentioned: Y & C
0 ) Elsewhere: (mentioned: RIS
ET ) The date *might* be (mentioned: 1838 )
Extent:191
Dimension:5.4 x 12.7 cm
Collation: Single and paired folios.
Formula:1–2, 3, 4–5, etc.
Binding: Unbound.
Accompanying material:A scrap of paper is found between f. 145 and f. 146 on which on one side is written in modern Devanāgarī in a different hand, “lagnāce cauthai diniṁ bhojanakari ṇamajānakī
saṁge .. gaurīśaṁkaraharṣunisvasthatmaṇe
[tedhavā]svaye aṁge ..1..
()” .
Layout:Written in 12–13 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, bold, regular characters in wavy lines.
Additions:There are a few marginal additions, e.g. in the same hand on f. 143v, and in a different hand on f. 129v.

Decoration

Color:Red powder is rubbed over final rubrics and the introduction of speakers.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page.

History

Origin: śaka 1765 [=1843]
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.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Mahābhārata. Aśvamedhaparva – Versions.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: .. atha jaiminīkṛtaaśvamedhaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. atha jaiminīkṛtaaśvamedhaprāraṁbhaḥ .. nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya naraṁ caiva narottamaṁ .. devīṁ sara
Line 2: svatīṁ vyāsaṁ tato jayam udīrayet ..1.. aDyAya 1:
janmejaya uvāca .. kathaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prīto mama pūrvapitāmahaḥ .. hayamedhaṁ kratuva
Line 3: raṁ cakre baṁdhubhir anvitaḥ ..1.. [
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Line 3:
ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi yajñaprāraṁbho nāma prathamo dhyāyaḥ ..1..
aDyAya 2:
[
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Line 4: [
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi kṛṣṇoktir adhyāyo nāma dvitī
Line 4: yo dhyāyaḥ ..2..
aDyAya 3:
[
f.9r
Line 10: ..
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi bhīmavākyaṁ nāma tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ ..3..
aDyAya 4:
[
f.14r
Line 7: [
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi yauvanā
Line 8: śvayudhe vṛṣaketuvākya[ṁ]varṇanaṁ nāma caturtho dhyāyaḥ ..4..
aDyAya 5:
[
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Line 3:
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi yauvanāśvajayo nāma pañcamo dhyāyaḥ ..5..
aDyAya 6:
[
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Line 3: [
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi bhīmāgamo nāma ṣaṣṭho dhyāyaḥ ..6..
aDyAya 7:
[
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Line 3: [
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi maruta
Line 4: yajño nāma saptamo dhyāyaḥ ..7..
aDyAya 8:
[
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Line 7: [
.. ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi vyāsavākyaṁ nāma aṣṭamo dhyāyaḥ ..8..
aDyAya 9:
[
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Line 2: [
ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi bhīmāgamo nāma navamo dhyāyaḥ ..9
Line 3: ..
aDyAya 10:
[
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Line 1: [
ity āśvamedhike parvaṇi kṛṣṇaprayāṇaṁ nāma daśamo dhyāyaḥ ..
Line 2: 10..
[ aDyAya 68:
f.191r
Line 2: [ dānaṁ datvā nṛpaśreṣṭa saṁpūrṇaphalabhāg bhavet .. caturdaśa ca parvāṇi kathitāni viśāṁpate .. ataś cā
Line 3: śramavāsākhyaṁ parva rājan śṛṇuṣva tat ..14..
.. iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi phalaśru
Line 4: <ti>varṇanaṁ nāma aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo dhyāyaḥ ..68..
end :

.. iti aśvamedhaḥ samāptaḥ .. śake 1765 śobhananā
Line 5: masaṁva!ṁ!<>tsare caitraśuklapaṁcamyāṁ saumyavāsare idaṁ pustakaṁ samāptaṁ ..
.. he pustaka raghunāthaśāstrī gorehiṁdu
Line 6: lekara yāṁce ase ..

yādṛśaṁ pustakaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ tādṛśaṁ likhitaṁ mayā .. yadi śuddham aśuddhaṁ vā mama doṣo na vidyate ..1..

nārāyaṇā
Line 7: rpaṇam astu .. ..
aśvamedha saṁkhyā śloka pāṁca hajāra do naśe 50 200


f.191v
Line 1:
..iti jaiminīkṛtaaśvamedha() samāptaḥ ..
Record revised:8 March 2012