Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2487
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:855

Contents

Work 1

Physical description

Locus:ff. 1r–30v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Gajendramokṣaṇa
Cover rubric: f. 1r:
.. atha gajeṁdramokṣaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:30
Dimension:10.2 x 16 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Very good, with slightly browned edges and a few broken corners.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, regular characters in the same hand as UPenn 2462 and UPenn 2388. A missing line of verse in the model is indicated by headstrokes on f. 18r–f. 18v
Additions:

Mistakes covered over with yellow.

On f. 29v is written in Telugu script “gajendramokṣa” .

Decoration

Color:Invocation, title, rubric, final rubric, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas are written in red. Mistakes are covered over with yellow. Orange powder is rubbed in over numbers.
Border:Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. Rectangular frames enclose the rubric 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 – Gajendramokṣaṇa.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 1rf. 1r  
f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4v,f. 5rf. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v,f. 6rf. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. 7rf. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v,f. 8rf. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v,f. 10rf. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v,f. 12rf. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v,f. 14rf. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v,f. 15rf. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v,f. 17rf. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v,f. 18rf. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v,f. 19rf. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v,f. 20rf. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v,f. 21rf. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v,f. 22rf. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v,f. 23rf. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v,f. 24rf. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v,f. 25rf. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25v,f. 26rf. 25v  f. 26r  
f. 26v,f. 27rf. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27v,f. 28rf. 27v  f. 28r  
f. 28v,f. 29rf. 28v  f. 29r  
f. 29v,f. 30rf. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30vf. 30v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: .. atha gajeṁdramokṣaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
f.2r
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. atha gajeṁdramokṣaprā
Line 2: rabhaḥ ..
śatā[ni]()ka uvāca .. mayā hi devadeva
Line 3: sya viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ .. śrutāḥ saṁbhūtayaḥ
Line 4: sarvā gada()s tava suvrata ..1.. [
f.29r
Line 1: [ gītā saha
Line 2: sraṁ nāmnāṁ ca stavarāja anusmṛtiḥ .. gajeṁ
Line 3: dramokṣaṇaṁ caiva paṁcaratnāni bhārate ..159..
iti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhi
Line 4: tāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi śauna
Line 5: kaśatānīkasaṁvāde gajeṁdramokṣaṇastavaḥ saṁpūrṇaḥ .. ratne ..5.. samāpto yaṁ paṁcaratnaḥ ..
f.30v
Line 1: .. iti gajeṁdramokṣa samāptaḥ ..
Record revised:6 March 2012