Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2326
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:912

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–24v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Cover rubric: f. 1r:
.. atha viṣṇusahasranāma .. ..
Incipit: f. 1v:

yasya smaraṇamā
treṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas ta
smai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1..

namaḥ samastabhū
tānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte ..
anekarūparū
pāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2..
vaiśaṁpāyana uvā
ca ..

śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3..
Note:
MBh. 13.135.1
Explicit: f24r-f24v:

naro mu
ktim avāpnoti cakrapāṇer vaco yathā ..
brahma
hatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..38..
Final rubric: f. 24v:
iti
śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ anu
śāsanike parvaṇi dānadharme putraśāsane śrī
viṣṇoḥ sahasranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ ..
Colophon: f. 24v:
sāṁvrekaropanāmakaṁ lakṣumaṇa
bhaṭṭena likhitaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ paropakārārthaṁ
ca .. śake 1747 pārthivanāmasaṁvatsare uda
gayane śiśi() ṛtau phālgunaśuddhapratipadi likhitaṁ ..
Note:The Viṣṇusahasranāman is included in the Anuśāsanaparvan in the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. 13.135.1–142, yet the text as an independent treatise typically appends a phalaśruti not included in the critical text and most of which is also absent from the critical apparatus. The last verse of the text of the critical edition corresponds to verse 122 found on f. 22r. This verse is followed by several verses, the last of which corresponding to one in the critical apparatus is verse 131 found on f. 23v.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:European white paper, now browned, with chain lines.
Watermark:Traces of a watermark is visible on some leaves.
Extent:24
Dimension:10.3 x 15.2 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:All folios are badly water-stained. One corner and edge of folio 1 (f. 1r, f. 1v) is mutilated, but the text is unaffected.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 8 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

Mistakes covered over with tan.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas are in red. Mistakes are covered over with tan.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. A small decorative rectangular frame within a larger frame is drawn in red on f. 1r.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on the 1st tithi of the bright fortnight in the month of phālguna in the season śiśira in the year 1747, called pārthiva, of the śaka era, which corresponds to 9 March 1826 A.D., by Lakṣumaṇa bhaṭṭa sāṁvrekara.
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.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th 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. 24vf. 24v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: .. atha viṣṇusahasranāma .. ..
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. hariḥ om .. yasya smaraṇamā
Line 2: treṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt .. vimucyate namas ta
Line 3: smai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1..
namaḥ samastabhū
Line 4: tānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte .. anekarūparū
Line 5: pāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2..
vaiśaṁpāyana uvā
Line 6: ca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
Line 7: yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3.. [
f.22r
Line 5: [ viśve()ram ajaṁ devaṁ ja
Line 6: gataḥ prabhu()vya() .. bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti
Line 1: parābhavaṁ ..22.. [
f.23r
Line 7: eṣa niṣkaṁṭakaḥ paṁthā yatra saṁpūjyate hariḥ .. ku
Line 8: pathaṁ taṁ vijānīyād goviṁdarahitāgamaṁ ..30..
f.23v
Line 1: sarva[de]ve()ṣu yat puṇyaṁ sarvatīrtheṣu yat phalaṁ .. tat pha
Line 2: laṁ samavāpnoti śrutvā devaṁ janārdanaṁ ..31.. [
f.24r
Line 7: [ naro mu
Line 8: ktim avāpnoti cakrapāṇer vaco yathā .. brahma
f.24v
Line 1: hatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..38..
iti
Line 2: śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ anu
Line 3: śāsanike parvaṇi dānadharme putraśāsane śrī
Line 4: viṣṇoḥ sahasranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ ..
śrīkṛṣṇā
Line 5: rpaṇam astu .. ..
sāṁvrekaropanāmakaṁ lakṣumaṇa
Line 6: bhaṭṭena likhitaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ paropakārārthaṁ
Line 7: ca .. śake 1747 pārthivanāmasaṁvatsare uda
Line 8: gayane śiśi() ṛtau phālgunaśuddhapratipadi likhitaṁ ..
Record revised:5 February 2012