Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:490
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:867

Contents

Work 1

Physical description

Locus:ff. 1r--17v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhīṣmastavarāja
Form:folia
Material:Country paper.
Extent:17
Dimension:9.3 x 15.4 cm
Foliation:Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
formula: 1--17 bhī0 sta0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin, and śiva appears above the folio number in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio.
Collation:Single folios.
Condition:Good with browned edges and broken corners.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Same hand as
(UPenn 488) and
(UPenn 489).
Additions:

“Śrīkṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama |” is written in pencil on the top of f. 17v.

Decoration

Color:Invocation, introduction of speakers, final rubric, and double daṇḍas are written in red. Every odd leaf is tinted a faint yellow.
Border:Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. A decorative rectangular frame in red, traced over in black on the top side, appears on f. 1r.

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 -- Bhīṣmastavarāja.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Transcription

f. 1v:
Line 1:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || || janamejaya uvāca || || śarata
Line 2:
lpe śayānas tu bhāratānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
katham utsṛṣṭavān de
Line 3:
haṃ kaṃ cid yogam adhārayat ||1||
Note: (MBh. 12.47.1)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca || śṛṇu
Line 4:
ṣvāvahito rājan śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ
bhīṣmas tu ku
Line 5:
ruśārdūla dehotsargaṃ samāśrayat 2
Note: (MBh. 12.47.2)
[missing: ] [missing: ]
f. 3r:
Line 1:
[missing: ] śrībhīṣma uvāca ||
Line 2:
ārādhayāmy ahaṃ viṣṇuṃ vācāṃ jigadiṣāmy ahaṃ
tayā
Line 3:
vyāsasamāsīnyā prīyatāṃ puruṣottamaḥ 13
Note: (MBh. 12.47.10)
[missing: ]
f. 15r:
Line 2:
[missing: ] iti vidyātapoyonir ayonir viṣṇur ī
Line 3:
ḍitaḥ
vāgyajñenārcito devaḥ prīyatāṃ me janārddanaḥ ||11||
Note: (MBh. 12.47.63)
Line 4:
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca || etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ bhīṣmas tadgata
Line 5:
mānasaḥ
namaskṛtyaiva kṛṣṇāya prayāṇam akarot tadā 12
Note: (MBh. 12.47.64)
[missing: ]
f. 16r:
Line 2:
[missing: ] te rathair gaganākāraiḥ prayātā<supplied>H</supplied> puruṣarṣabhāḥ
Line 3:
tena ghoṣeṇa mahatā kaṃpayaṃto vasuṃdharāṃ 19
Note: (MBh. 12.47.71)
tato giraḥ
Line 4:
puruṣavarastaveritāḥ surādibhiḥ pathi sumanāś ca suśru
Line 5:
ve
kṛtāṃjaliṃ praṇatam athāparaṃ janaṃ sa keśavo muditama
Line 6:
<supplied>H</supplied> stavādṛtaḥ 20
Note: (MBh. 12.47.72)
anādinidhanaṃ devam aprameyaparā
Line 7:
kramaṃ
lokādhyakṣaṃ stuvan nityaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate 21
Note: (MBh. 12.47.65*98, lines 1--2)
f. 16v:
Line 1:
kṛṣṇe ratāḥ kṣṇam anusmaraṃti rātrau ca kṛṣṇaṃ punar utthi
Line 2:
tā ye
te bhinnadehāḥ praviśaṃti kṛṣṇaṃ havir yathā maṃtrahu
Line 3:
taṃ hutāṃśe 122
Note: (MBh. 12.47.60*94, lines 5--8)
śuklapakṣe divā bhūmau gaṃgāyāṃ cotta
Line 4:
rāyaṇe
dhanyās tāta mariṣyaṃti hṛdayasthe janārdane
Line 5:
23 yaṃ yoginaḥ prāṇaviyogakāle ye tvaikacitte vini
Line 6:
veśayaṃti
sākṣāt purastād dharim īkṣyamāṇaḥ prāṇāṃ jahau
Line 7:
prāptakālo hi bhīṣmaḥ
Note: (MBh. 12.47.72*99, lines 5--8)
iti stavaṃ yaḥ paṭhati śārṅga
f. 17r:
Line 1:
dhanvanaḥ śṛṇoti vā yadukulanaṃdanastavaṃ
sa cakradhṛk pratihatakilbiṣo jano
Line 2:
janārdanaṃ praviśati dehasaṃkṣaye
Line 3:
125
Note: (MBh. 12.47.72*99 lines 1--4)
asiniśitasudhāraṃ yasya cakraṃ karāgre maṇikana
Line 4:
kavicitraṃ kuṃḍale yasya karṇe
bhramaraśatasahasraiḥ sevyate ya
Line 5:
sya mālā hy asurakulanihantā prīyatāṃ vāsudevaḥ 26
Line 6:
stavarājaḥ samāpto yaṃ viṣṇor adbhutakarmaṇaḥ
gāṃgeyena
Line 7:
purā gīto mahāpātakanāśanaḥ ||127||
Note: (MBh. 12.47.65*98, lines 3--4)
iti śrīmahā
f. 17v:
Line 1:
bhārate satasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śāṃtiparvaṇi rājadharme
Line 2:
bhīṣmoktaṃ stavarājastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam || || śrīgaurīśaṃka
Line 3:
rārpaṇam astu || || śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu || || śrī || ||
Record revised:19 October 2011