Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2231
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:918

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–19v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Uttaragītā
Rubric: f. 1r:
atha dhyānaṁ ..
Incipit: f. 1r
paraṁ parasmāt prakṛtter anādim
ekaṁ viśiṣṭabahudhā guhāsu ..
sa[bali](rvāla)!yasaṁ!<yaṁ sa>rvajagannivāsa
tvām eva viṣṇuṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye ..1.. (Triṣṭubh)
akhaṁḍaṁ saccidānaṁdaṁ avāṅmanasagocara ..
ātmānam akhilādhāram āśraye <'>bhiṣṭasiddhaye (Anuṣṭubh)
arjuna uvāca ..
!yed akaṁ!<yad ekaṁ> niṣkalaṁ brahma vyomātītaṁ niraṁjanaṁ ..
(nirmalaṁ paramadivyam aprameyam anuttamaṁ ..3..) ( MBh. 6.40.78 Appendix I, no. 3A, line 1; = no. 3B, line 1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
apratarkyam avijñeyaṁ vināśotpa(ttiva)rjitaṁ ..
[nirmalaṁ paramadivyam aprameyam anuttamaṁ ..3..]
kaivalyaṁ kevalaṁ śāntaṁ śuddham atyantanirmalam ..4.. (Anuṣṭubh)
<...> ( MBh. 6.40.78 Appendix I, no. 3A, lines 2–3 = no. 3B, lines 2–3 3cd is moved from line 9 to line 8. Three of the four lines in verses 3-4 occur in the supplementary passages to the critical edition noted. )
Explicit: f. 18vf. 19r
sarvaciṁtāvinirmuktaṁ niścitaṁ vimalaṁ bhavet ..
sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṁ labhate nātra saṁśayaḥ ..32.. (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 19r
!ī!<i>ti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrikāyāṁ vayyaśikyā<ṁ> aśvamedhaparvaṇīsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde uttaragītāyāṁ tṛtīyo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..3..
Note:The final rubric on f. 19r calls the text the Uttaragītā and situates it in the Aśvamedhaparvan in the Mahābhārata. The text is included neither in the text established by the Pune critical edition nor in Appendix I to the Aśvamedhaparvan, but two versions of a passage called the Gītāsāra (MBh. 6.40.78 Appendix I, nos. 3A and 3B) –- which is different from the Aṣṭaślokīgītā also called the Gītāsāra –- include three lines that correspond to three of the initial lines in this manuscript. The text, therefore, remains unidentified.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper
Extent:19 folia
Dimension:11.1 x 15.5 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio, except the first which is numbered in the upper left margin in a different hand, and the last which is numbered on the recto.
   Formula:1–19
   Signatures:u0 gī0 appears in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio, f. 2v–f. 18v and on the verso f. 19r. On f. 1v, gurugī is written in a different hand.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the lower right of f. 1r and f. 19v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 9–10 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

In the upper left margin on f. 1v is written gurugī and below it the number 1 in a different hand.

Mistakes are covered over with yellow or written over. There are a few marginal corrections.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas and the cover illustration are in red. Yellow is used to cover mistakes. Orange powder is rubbed in over final rubrics, introductions of speakers, and numbers.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page.
Illustration:On the front, f. 1r, is a drawing in red ink of Gaṇeśa seated on a dais under a canopy being attended on the left by a brāhmaṇa wearing a top-knot, holding water pot, and presenting a piece of fruit, and on the right by a female presenting a flower.

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

Record history

Revised: 1 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. 19v  


Transcription (text structure)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
śrīsarasvatyai namaḥ ..

atha dhyānaṁ ..
paraṁ parasmāt prakṛtter anādim
ekaṁ viśiṣṭabahudhā guhāsu ..
sa[bali](rvāla)!yasaṁ!<yaṁ sa>rvajagannivāsa
tvām eva viṣṇuṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye ..1.. (Triṣṭubh)
akhaṁḍaṁ saccidānaṁdaṁ avāṅmanasagocara ..
ātmānam akhilādhāram āśraye <'>bhiṣṭasiddhaye (Anuṣṭubh)
arjuna uvāca ..
!yed akaṁ!<yad ekaṁ> niṣkalaṁ brahma vyomātītaṁ niraṁjanaṁ ..
(nirmalaṁ paramadivyam aprameyam anuttamaṁ ..3..) ( MBh. 6.40.78 Appendix I, no. 3A, line 1; = no. 3B, line 1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
apratarkyam avijñeyaṁ vināśotpa(ttiva)rjitaṁ ..
[nirmalaṁ paramadivyam aprameyam anuttamaṁ ..3..]
kaivalyaṁ kevalaṁ śāntaṁ śuddham atyantanirmalam ..4.. (Anuṣṭubh)
<...> ( MBh. 6.40.78 Appendix I, no. 3A, lines 2–3 = no. 3B, lines 2–3 3cd is moved from line 9 to line 8. Three of the four lines in verses 3-4 occur in the supplementary passages to the critical edition noted. )
<...>
sarvaciṁtāvinirmuktaṁ niścitaṁ vimalaṁ bhavet ..
sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṁ labhate nātra saṁśayaḥ ..32.. (Anuṣṭubh)
iti hariḥ õ
tat sad
!ī!<i>ti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrikāyāṁ vayyaśikyā<ṁ> aśvamedhaparvaṇīsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde uttaragītāyāṁ tṛtīyo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..3..
śrīrāmāya namaḥ ..
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ .. ..
śrī kāśīviśvesvarāya namaḥ ..