Manuscript Identifiers

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

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–4v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Mahābhārata
Part:Śāntiparvan
Part:Mokṣadharmaparvan
Part:Adhyāya 338
Incipit: f. 1v
bhīṣma uvāca ..
prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ..
dadarśa tān eva narān śvetāṁś candraprabhāñ śubhān ..1.. (Triṣṭubh) ( MBh. 12.325.1 )
Explicit: f. 4r
chinnasaṁśaya 190
sarvatovṛtta 91
nivṛ ttarūpa 92
brāhmaṇarūpa 193
brāhmaṇapriya 94
viśvamūrte 95
mahāmūrte 96
bāndhava 97
bhaktavatsala 98
brahmaṇyadeva .99.
bhakto <'>haṁ tvāṁ didṛkṣur
ekāṁtadarśanāya namo namaḥ
Final rubric: f. 4r
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi aṣṭatriṁśadadhikatriśatamo <'>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

Physical description

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, “British Make”.
Extent:4 folia
Dimension:10.5 x 17 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio except the last which is numbered on the recto. The front, f. 1r , and back, f. 4v , are blank.
   Formula:1–4
   Signatures:nā0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin, and rāmaḥ appears above the folio number in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio.
Collation: Paired folios.
Formula:1-2, 3-4
Condition:Excellent. There are a few grease stains.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 4v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 9 hand-ruled lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Clear regular characters tilted rightward.
Additions:

Mistakes written over.

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.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Record history

Revised: 1 March 2012

Facsimile  (work )

Whole image     Individual pages
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  


Transcription (text structure)


Adhyāya 338:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..

bhīṣma uvāca ..
prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ..
dadarśa tān eva narān śvetāṁś candraprabhāñ śubhān ..1.. (Triṣṭubh) ( MBh. 12.325.1 )
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chinnasaṁśaya 190
sarvatovṛtta 91
nivṛ ttarūpa 92
brāhmaṇarūpa 193
brāhmaṇapriya 94
viśvamūrte 95
mahāmūrte 96
bāndhava 97
bhaktavatsala 98
brahmaṇyadeva .99.
bhakto <'>haṁ tvāṁ didṛkṣur
ekāṁtadarśanāya namo namaḥ Mbh. 12.325.161–171
iti śrīmahābhārate śāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi aṣṭatriṁśadadhikatriśatamo <'>dhyāyaḥ 338..