Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2491
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:856

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–36v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Gajendramokṣaṇa
Incipit: f. 1r
śatānīka uvāca .
mayā hi devadevasya viṣṇor atulatejasaḥ ..
śrutāḥ saṁbhūtayaḥ sarvā gadatas tava suvrata ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 35vf. 36r
yo 'dhīte hi gajeṁdramokṣaṇam idaṁ nityaṁ śṛṇoty ādarāt
sa prāpnoty atha vā tulāpuruṣajagokoṭidānodbhavaṁ ..
duḥsvapnopaśamasya vedaṁ pavanasyāsaṁkhyamukhyakrator
varṣāṇām ayutaṁ prayāgasavanasyākhaṁḍitaṁ satphalaṁ ..158.. (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
Final rubric: f. 36rf. 36v
.. iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁti parvaṇi sarvadharmeṣu śrīviṣṇoḥ gajeṁdramokṣaṇaṁ nāma mahāstutiḥ saṁpūrṇā .. .. ..
Colophon:none
Note: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 and SLMsCat UPenn 0488.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper
Extent:36 folia
Dimension:7 x 12.1 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
   Formula:1–36
   Signatures:gaje0 or gajeṁ0 (f. 5v, f. 13v) appears above the folio number in the upper left margin, and rāma appears above the folio number in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio.
Collation: Single and paired folios.
Formula:1, 2–3, 4, ..., 9, 10–11, 12, ..., 17, 18–19, 20, ..., 25, 26–27, 28, ..., 33, 34–35, 36
Condition:Good condition with a few tears that do not affect the text: the margin of f. 7 (f. 7r top, f7v bottom), f. 14 (f. 14r, f14v), right corner of f. 18 (f. 18r upper, f. 18v lower). The red pigment on f. 18r, f18v is faded.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 36v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 5 lines per page.

Decoration

Color:Invocation, final rubric, introduction of speakers and double daṇḍas are written in red.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page.

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: 6 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. 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. 33r     f. 32v  f. 33r  
f. 33v, f. 34r     f. 33v  f. 34r  
f. 34v, f. 35r     f. 34v  f. 35r  
f. 35v, f. 36r     f. 35v  f. 36r  
f. 36v     f. 36v  


Transcription (text structure)

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..

śatānīka uvāca .
mayā hi devadevasya viṣṇor atulatejasaḥ ..
śrutāḥ saṁbhūtayaḥ sarvā gadatas tava suvrata ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) (Ms. Coll.390, Item 488, verse 1)
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yo 'dhīte hi gajeṁdramokṣaṇam idaṁ nityaṁ śṛṇoty ādarāt
sa prāpnoty atha vā tulāpuruṣajagokoṭidānodbhavaṁ ..
duḥsvapnopaśamasya vedaṁ pavanasyāsaṁkhyamukhyakrator
varṣāṇām ayutaṁ prayāgasavanasyākhaṁḍitaṁ satphalaṁ ..158.. (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
.. iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁti parvaṇi sarvadharmeṣu śrīviṣṇoḥ gajeṁdramokṣaṇaṁ nāma mahāstutiḥ saṁpūrṇā .. .. ..