Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2197
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:911

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1v–53v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Incipit: f1v-f2v:

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁ
sārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas ta
smai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1..

namaḥ
samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhū
bhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave
prabhaviṣṇave ..2..
vaiśaṁpāyana uvā
ca ..

śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanā
ni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁta
navaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3..
Note:
MBh. 13.135.1
Explicit: f52r-f52v:

naro muktim a
vāpnoti cakrapāṇir vaco yathā
brahmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaṁ
vinaśyati 34..
Final rubric: f52v-f53r:
iti śrīmanma
hābhārate śatasāhasrasaṁhi
tāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ anuśāsinī
parvaṇi dānadharmottare bhīṣmayudhi
ṣṭhirasaṁvāde śrīviṣṇur divyasaha
sranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇam astu ..
Colophon: f53r-f53v:
śake .. 1777 samaṁta
1912 .. revā uttaratire prabhavanāma saṁ
vatsare āśāḍhakṛṣṇa 13 bhṛguvāsare
rāje śrīdājī khaḍeṁrāvayāprata paṭhaṇartha
śrī gurucaraṇāṁkīta dājī goviṁda upādhe
taḷe gāvakaramukāmajhāsīsa lekha
naḥ
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. 48v. This verse is followed by several verses, the last of which corresponding to one in the critical apparatus is verse 129 found on f50v-f51r. The colophon is followed by the {g}AyatrI Mantra.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper.
Extent:53
Dimension:11.2 x 16.1 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Very good with browned edges and broken corners on the first two and last two folios.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 5 lines per page, 6 on f. 53r.

Decoration

Color:The paper of about half of the folios is colored yellow. Invocation, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas, when written, are written in red. Brown ink is frequently used instead of black.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page f1r-f29v.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the 13th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of ā[Z]āḍha in the year called prabhava, 1777 in the śaka era and 1912 in the saṁvat era, which corresponds to 13 June 1855, on the northern bank of the river Revā by dājī goviṁda upādhetaḷe gāvakaramukāmajhāsīsa for rāje śrīdājī khaḍeṁrāvayāprata.
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 – Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra.
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. 30v,f. 31rf. 30v  f. 31r  
f. 31v,f. 32rf. 31v  f. 32r  
f. 32v,f. 33rf. 32v  f. 33r  
f. 33v,f. 34rf. 33v  f. 34r  
f. 34v,f. 35rf. 34v  f. 35r  
f. 35v,f. 36rf. 35v  f. 36r  
f. 36v,f. 37rf. 36v  f. 37r  
f. 37v,f. 38rf. 37v  f. 38r  
f. 38v,f. 39rf. 38v  f. 39r  
f. 39v,f. 40rf. 39v  f. 40r  
f. 40v,f. 41rf. 40v  f. 41r  
f. 41v,f. 42rf. 41v  f. 42r  
f. 42v,f. 43rf. 42v  f. 43r  
f. 43v,f. 44rf. 43v  f. 44r  
f. 44v,f. 45rf. 44v  f. 45r  
f. 45v,f. 46rf. 45v  f. 46r  
f. 46v,f. 47rf. 46v  f. 47r  
f. 47v,f. 48rf. 47v  f. 48r  
f. 48v,f. 49rf. 48v  f. 49r  
f. 49v,f. 50rf. 49v  f. 50r  
f. 50v,f. 51rf. 50v  f. 51r  
f. 51v,f. 52rf. 51v  f. 52r  
f. 52v,f. 53rf. 52v  f. 53r  
f. 53vf. 53v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. śrīsarasvatyai
Line 2: namaḥ .. śrīgurunāthāya namaḥ ..
Line 3: śrīmatsītārāmāya namaḥ .. hariḥ
Line 4: õ .. yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁ
Line 5: sārabaṁdhanāt .. vimucyate namas ta
f.2r
Line 1: smai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1.. namaḥ
Line 2: samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhū
Line 3: bhṛte .. anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave
Line 4: prabhaviṣṇave ..2..
vaiśaṁpāyana uvā
Line 5: ca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanā
f.2v
Line 1: ni ca sarvaśaḥ .. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁta
Line 2: navaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3.. [
f.48v
Line 2: [ vi
Line 3: śveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhuma
Line 4: vyayaṁ .. bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁ
Line 5: ti parābhavaṁ ..22.. [
f.50v
Line 4: [ sarvavedeṣu
Line 5: yat puṇyaṁ sarvatīrtheṣu yat phalam ta
f.51r
Line 1: t phalaṁ samavāpnoti stutvā devaṁ ja
Line 2: nārdanaṁ 29 [ yo naraḥ paṭhate nityaṁ
Line 3: trikālaṁ keśavālaye .. dvikāla
Line 4: m ekakālaṁ vā krūraṁ sarvaṁ vyapohati
Line 5: 30 [
f.52r
Line 3: [ naro muktim a
Line 4: vāpnoti cakrapāṇir vaco yathā
Line 5: brahmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaṁ
f.52v
Line 1: vinaśyati 34..
iti śrīmanma
Line 2: hābhārate śatasāhasrasaṁhi
Line 3: tāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ anuśāsinī
Line 4: parvaṇi dānadharmottare bhīṣmayudhi
Line 5: ṣṭhirasaṁvāde śrīviṣṇur divyasaha
f.53r
Line 1: sranāmastotraṁ saṁpūrṇam astu .. śrīkṛ
Line 2: ṣṇārpaṇam astu .. śake .. 1777 samaṁta
Line 3: 1912 .. revā uttaratire prabhavanāma saṁ
Line 4: vatsare āśāḍhakṛṣṇa 13 bhṛguvāsare
Line 5: rāje śrīdājī khaḍeṁrāvayāprata paṭhaṇartha
Line 6: śrī gurucaraṇāṁkīta dājī goviṁda upādhe
f.53v
Line 1: taḷe gāvakaramukāmajhāsīsa lekha
Line 2: naḥ śrīr astu .. .. śubha bhavatu ..

Line 3: end :

tat sa[^]vitur vare[^]ṇyaṁ bhargo[^] devasya[^] dhīmahi ..
Line 4: dhiyo yo na[^]ḥ pracodayā[^]t ..
Record revised:5 February 2012