Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2654
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:857

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1v–14v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Gajendramokṣaṇa
Incipit: f. 1v
śatānīka uvāca ..
mayā hi devadeveśya viṣṇor amitatejasa ..
śrutvā saṁbhūtaya sarvā gadatas tava suvrata ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 14v
gītā sahasranāmaiva stavarājo hy anusmṛti<ḥ> ..
gaje<ṁ>dramokṣaṇaṁ caiva paṁcaratnāni bhārata ..61.. .. (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 14v
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi gaje<ṁ>dramokṣaṇaṁ samāptam ..
Colophon:none
Note:

Verse 161 calls five texts, namely the Bhagavadgītā, Viṣṇusahasranāman, Bhīṣmastavarāja, Anusmṛti, and Gajarājamokṣaṇa, the five jewels (Pañcaratna) in the Mahābhārata.

For a description and additional transcription of the Gajarājamokṣaṇa, which does not, as claimed in the final rubric, occur in the Śāntiparvan or anywhere in the Mahābhārata, see SLMsCat UPenn MsIndic5, SLMsCat UPenn 488, and SLMsCat UPenn 2486.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Blue European paper with chain lines.
Watermark:Part of a watermark is visible on ff. 1, 3–7, 9–10, but not enough to make out the full watermark.
Extent:14 folia
Dimension:11.3 x 18.5 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio 1-12; ff. 13–14 are numbered only in the lower right margin.
   Formula:1–14
   Signatures:ga0 (f. 1v, f. 2v), gaje0 (f. 3v), gajadra0 (f. 4v), and gajeṁdramo0 (f. 8v) appear above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of the indicated folios.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Good. Folios 1, 9, 11, and 14 have tattered edges.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp in the upper right of f. 1r reads Library University Pennsylvania. Beside it is a white label on which is hand-written 2654.
Layout:Written in 8–12 lines per page.

Hands

Summary:Three hands contributed to the manuscript.
Hand 1:On f. 1vf. 5v, f. 6vf. 11v, line 3 characters are irregular and forward-tilting, and lines are uneven and slope downwards. See the end of f. 5v, beginning of f. 6v, and beginning of f. 11v.
Hand 2:On f. 6r characters are bold, clear, and regular and lines are even; some characters tilt forward. See the beginning and end of f. 6r.
Hand 3:The third hand completed the manuscript writing on f. 11v, line 3f. 14v. See the third line of f. 11v.
Additions:

Mistakes are covered over with yellow. There are no marginal additions.

Decoration

Color:The final rubric is written in red. Mistakes are covered over with yellow. Orange powder is rubbed in over the invocation, introduction of speakers, and over numbers through folio 5.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. Additional read lines trim the outside edge of the left and right margins.

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

Record history

Revised: 7 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. 14v  


Transcription (text structure)

.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
.. õ

śatānīka uvāca ..
mayā hi devadeveśya viṣṇor amitatejasa ..
śrutvā saṁbhūtaya sarvā gadatas tava suvrata ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) (Ms. Coll.390, Item 488, verse 1)
<...>
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svātena dvigaṇaṁ proktaṁ
śarayaur iva nirmalaṁ . (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
!nṛṣirtaḥ!<tṛṣitaḥ> pātu kāmo sāv avatīrṇa atas saraḥ .. (Anuṣṭubh)
gṛkṣṇatas tasya tato yaṁ grāhastasamupadyata . (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
śṛṇvann api vadas teṣāṁ na kiṁ cid vadate muni .
tadā tau kupato tasya devalena mahātmanā .8.. (Anuṣṭubh)
!ucataus! tu tadā vākyaṁ gaṁdhabaukālanauditau
mūḍhāyāṁ nābhijānāti niścayaṁ dvaṁdvagītayoḥ 9 (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
sarvaratnamayo meruḥ sarvāścaryamayaṁ nabhaḥ
sarvatīrthamayī gaṁgā sarvadevamayo hariḥ .. (Anuṣṭubh)
ākāśāt patitaṁ toyaṁ yathā gachati sāgare ..
sarvadevanamaskāraṁ kesavaṁ pratigachati ..60.. ( MBh. 13.135.142*639, lines 3–4 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
gītā sahasranāmaiva stavarājo hy anusmṛti<ḥ> ..
gaje<ṁ>dramokṣaṇaṁ caiva paṁcaratnāni bhārata ..61.. .. (Anuṣṭubh) (Ms. Coll.390, Item 2486, verse 162)

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi gaje<ṁ>dramokṣaṇaṁ samāptam ..
.. śrīr astu ..
kalyāṇam astu ..