Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:452
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:890

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1v–31v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Rubric: f. 1r
viṣṇusahasranāmastotram
Incipit: f. 1v
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsāravaṁdhanāt ..
vi!mū!<mu>cyute na!maḥ!<ma>s tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya !bhu!<bhū>bhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaisyaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmāṇy aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yūdhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ pūnar evābhya[āḥ]bhāṣataḥ ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
Explicit: f. 31v
sā nirdahati pāpāni kalpakoṭiśatāni ca ..
aśva tthasannidhau pārtha tatvamāne si keśavaḥ ..162.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vi layaṁ yāṁti pā!pa!<pā>ni anyapāpasya kākadhāḥ .. (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 31vf. 32r
!tatvasa ta! iti śrīmahābhārate !sa!<śa>tasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vai yāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi uttamānuśāsane dāna dharmottare śrīviṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ .. ..
Colophon: f. 32r
vaiṣṇavālatsa/yadāsapaṭha . rarthī . haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
Note:The manusript begins with verses typical of the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra which are not included in the text as in the Pune critical edition; yet the text of the manuscript does include the critical text, which comprises the contents of Adhyāya 135 in the Anuśāsanaparvan (MBh. 12.135.1–12.135.142). Verse 3 on f. 1v corresponds with MBh. 13.135.1, and verse 146 on f. 29r corresponds with MBh. 13.135.142. Verse 155 on f. 30v corresponds with MBh. lines five and six of star passage 639 inserted by M1-3 after 13.135.142. 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:Country-made paper
Extent:32 folia
Dimension:10 x 17.5 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio, except on f. 32r the verso of which is blank.
   Formula:1–32
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Good with browned and frayed edges. There is a 1 x 1.5 cm hole ripped in folio 11, but the writing can still be made out.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp in blue ink on the lower right of f. 1r and f. 17v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 5–7 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

Mistakes covered over in yellow, or more usually, gray.

Verse 162 on f. 31v is rewritten with errors and further corrections in the top margin on f. 31r.

A few marginal corrections appear on f. 7v, f. 8v, f. 9v, f. 12r, f. 12v, f. 16v, f. 18v, f. 22r, f. 25r, f. 27r, and f. 29r.

The title extent, and apparently the price of the manuscript (ve0 95) are written on f. 1r in a different hand.

Decoration

Color:The invocation, double daṇḍas, every other syllable of the introduction of speakers, and every other line of the colophon appear in red. Mistakes painted over in yellow, or more usually, in gray.
Border:Horizontal lines in black, yellow, and red, themselves bounded by similar vertical lines, frame the text and the left and right edges of each page.

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

Record history

Revised: 31 October 2011

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. 27r     f. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27v, f. 28r     f. 27v  f. 28r  
f. 28v, f. 29r     f. 28v  f. 29r  
f. 29v, f. 30r     f. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30v, f. 31r     f. 30v  f. 31r  
f. 31v, f. 32r     f. 31v  f. 32r  
f. 32v     f. 32v  


Transcription (text structure)

ve0 95

viṣṇusahasranāmastotram
patrāṇi 32
õ śrīrādhākṛṣṇāya namaḥ .. õ
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsāravaṁdhanāt ..
vi!mū!<mu>cyute na!maḥ!<ma>s tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya !bhu!<bhū>bhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaisyaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmāṇy aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yūdhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ pūnar evābhya[āḥ]bhāṣataḥ ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ..
kim ekaṁ daiva taṁ loke kiṁ vāpy ekaṁ parāyaṇaṁ ..
stūvaṁnta<ḥ>kaṁ kaṁ arcaṁtaḥ prā pnuyur mānavāḥ !su!<śu>bhaṁ ..4.. ( MBh. 13.135.2 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
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śrībhīṣma uvāca ..
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śrī vedavyāsa uvāca ..
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viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ (ja)gataḥ prabha[bhu](vā)pyayaṁ ..
bhajaṁti ye pu ṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavaṁ ..146.. ( MBh. 13.135.142 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
arjuna uvā ca ..
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śrībhagavān uvāca ..
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sarvavedeṣu yat puṇyaṁ sa!rba!<rva>ti rthe!ṣū!<ṣu> yat phalaṁ ..
tat phalaṁ sarvam āpnoti śrutvā devaṁ janārdanaṁ ..155.. ( MBh. 13.135.142*639, lines 5–6. ) (Anuṣṭubh)
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naro muktim avāpnoti cakrapāṇe vaco yathā ..
bra hmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaṁ vina!syatī!<śyati> (Anuṣṭubh)
sā nirdahati pāpāni kalpakoṭiśatāni ca ..
aśva tthasannidhau pārtha tatvamāne si keśavaḥ ..162.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vi layaṁ yāṁti pā!pa!<pā>ni anyapāpasya kākadhāḥ .. (Anuṣṭubh)
!tatvasa ta! iti śrīmahābhārate !sa!<śa>tasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vai yāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi uttamānuśāsane dāna dharmottare śrīviṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ .. ..

yādri śaṁ pūstakaṁ driṣṭā .. tādrisaṁ liṣitaṁ mayā ..
idi sūdha m adhaṁ vā mama doso na diyete ..
(Anuṣṭubh)
śrīrāmakṛṣṇāya nama<ḥ>
vaiṣṇavālatsa/yadāsapaṭha . rarthī . haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
śrīrāmāya namaḥ ..
śrīgopālāya namaḥ ..
śrīkṛṣṇāya na ma<ḥ>