Collection: | UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 |
Item: | 2408 |
Repository: | Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Institution: | University of Pennsylvania |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 878 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–4v (complete) |
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa |
Title: | Mahābhārata |
Part: | Śāntiparvan |
Incipit: |
f. 1v: bhīṣma uvāca .. prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ nārado bhagavā n ṛṣiḥ .. dadarśa tān eva narān śvetāṁś candraprabhāñ śubhān ..1.. Note: MBh. 12.325.1 |
Explicit: |
f. 4r:
chinnasaṁśaya 190
sarvatovṛtta 91
nivṛ
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Final rubric: |
f. 4r: iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi a ṣṭatriṁśadadhikatriśatamo <'>dhyāyaḥ 338.. |
Colophon: | none |
Note: | The manuscript contains the 338th adhyāya of the Śāntiparvan which corresponds with MBh. 12.325.1–12.325.4 in the Pune critical edition. |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | White European paper with chain lines. |
Watermark: | On ff. 3–4 Lady Britannia can be seen sitting on a throne with her shield (the top of which is cut off at the edge of the paper) below which are the words, (mentioned: British Make) . |
Extent: | 4 |
Dimension: | 10.5 x 17 cm |
Collation: | Paired folios. |
Formula: | 1-2, 3-4 |
Condition: | Excellent. There are a few grease stains. |
Binding: | Unbound. |
Layout: | Written in 9 hand-ruled lines per page. |
Hand 1: | Clear regular characters tilted rightward. |
Additions: |
Mistakes written over. |
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. ” |
SubjectLC: | Mahābhārata. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 19th century. |
SubjectSL: | Mahābhārata |
Whole image | Individual pages |
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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. 4v |
chinnasaṁśaya 190
sarvatovṛtta 91
nivṛ
Line 9: ttarūpa 92
brāhmaṇarūpa 193
brāhmaṇapriya 94
viśvamūrte 95
mahāmūrte 96
f.4r
Line 1:
bāndhava 97
bhaktavatsala 98
brahmaṇyadeva .99.
bhakto <'>haṁ tvāṁ didṛkṣur
ekāṁ
Line 2: tadarśanāya namo namaḥ
Record revised: | 1 March 2012 |
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