Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2311
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:831

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:f. 1r–f. 1v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Niṣphalanirūpaṇa
Incipit: f. [1]r
(arjuna u0)
õkārasya ca !ma!<mā>hātmyaṁ rūpaṁ sthānaṁ paraṁ tathā ..
tat sarvaṁ śrotum ichāmi brūhi me parameśvara ..1.. (Triṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. [1]v
aṣṭādaśādhyāyagītājñānaṁ datvā tavārjuna ..
tathāpi gūḍhaśāstrārtham idaṁ jñānaṁ suniścitaṁ ..65.. (Triṣṭubh)
arjuna u0
adya me saphalaṁ janma dhanyo haṁ tvatprasādataḥ ..
sthito smi gatasaṁdeha kariṣye vacanaṁ tava (Triṣṭubh) ( MBh. 6.4.73cd and speaker )
Final rubric: f. [1]v
śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhi0 vai0 bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbha0 sū0 su0 yoga0 śrīkṛṣṇā0 õkāra!ma!<mā>hātmyagītāyāṁ ni ṣphalanirūpaṇaṁ nāma ekonaviṁśatitamo dhyāyaḥ ..
Colophon: f. [1]v
dīnanāthena likhitam idaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ ca ..
lekhakapāṭhakayoḥ śubham astu
Note:Stephen Levitt notes that the Niṣphalanirūpaṇa comprises adhyāya 19 of the Kṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāda, but the text is not included in the Pune critical edition text or critical apparatus.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:1 folio
Dimension:10.3 x 31 cm (h x w)
   Formula:[1]
Condition:Good with slightly browned edges and broken corners.
Binding: Unbound
Accompanying material:

1. Stephan Levitt's catalogue form provides a brief description of the manuscript, the substance of which has been incorporated into the present record. At the top of the form is written, ‘IASWR Descriptive Catalog of the Indic Manuscripts of the University of Pennsylvania’. The form bears Levitt's signature and is dated 14 December 1971.

2. A scrap of white lined paper is pasted on a snipet of previous wrapping paper on which is written n0 145 purāṇetihāsavibhāge oṅkāramāhātmyam patra 1 sampūrṇa In the lower right margin crossed out is ‘?Sbrf’. The wrapping paper bears a circular stamp that reads Library University Pennsylvania and a white label on which is hand-written No. 2311.

Layout:Written in 21-22 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:The lines are written very close together. The last line on f. [1]v continues into the right margin and then into the left margin. Some of the ink is a bit smudged, but the writing is still legible.
Additions:

Marginal notes are in the same hand.

History

Origin:The colophon mentions that the manuscript was written by Dīnanātha. 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 – Bhīṣmaparva – Niṣphalanirūpaṇa.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Record history

Revised: 28 February 2012

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Transcription (text structure)

śrīparavrahmaṇe namaḥ ..

(arjuna u0)
õkārasya ca !ma!<mā>hātmyaṁ rūpaṁ sthānaṁ paraṁ tathā ..
tat sarvaṁ śrotum ichāmi brūhi me parameśvara ..1.. (Triṣṭubh)
<...>
aṣṭādaśādhyāyagītājñānaṁ datvā tavārjuna ..
tathāpi gūḍhaśāstrārtham idaṁ jñānaṁ suniścitaṁ ..65.. (Triṣṭubh) (Verse 64 is misnumbered 65 while verse 65 is unnumbered.)
arjuna u0
adya me saphalaṁ janma dhanyo haṁ tvatprasādataḥ ..
sthito smi gatasaṁdeha kariṣye vacanaṁ tava (Triṣṭubh) ( MBh. 6.4.73cd and speaker )
[maha](hari õ)
ta0
śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhi0 vai0 bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbha0 sū0 su0 yoga0 śrīkṛṣṇā0 õkāra!ma!<mā>hātmyagītāyāṁ ni ṣphalanirūpaṇaṁ nāma ekonaviṁśatitamo dhyāyaḥ ..
śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu ..
dīnanāthena likhitam idaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ ca ..
lekhakapāṭhakayoḥ śubham astu