Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:452
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:890

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1v–31v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Incipit: f. 1v:

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa
janmasaṁsāravaṁdhanāt ..
vi!mū!<mu>cyute na!maḥ!<ma>s tasmai viṣṇa
ve prabhaviṣṇave ..1..

namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtā
ya !bhu!<bhū>bhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇa
ve ..2..
vaisyaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmāṇy aśeṣe
ṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yūdhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ pūna
r evābhya[āḥ]bhāṣataḥ ..3..
Note:
MBh. 13.135.1
Explicit: f. 31v:


nirdahati pāpāni kalpakoṭiśatāni ca ..
aśva
tthasannidhau pārtha tatvamāne si keśavaḥ ..162..

vi
layaṁ yāṁti pā!pa!<pā>ni anyapāpasya kākadhāḥ ..
Final rubric: f31v-f32r:
!tatvasa
ta! iti śrīmahābhārate !sa!<śa>tasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vai
yāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi uttamānuśāsane dāna
dharmottare śrīviṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ .. ..
Colophon: f. 32r:
vaiṣṇavālatsa/yadāsapaṭha . rarthī . haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
Note:The manusript begins with verses typical of the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra which are not included in the text as in the Pune critical edition; yet the text of the manuscript does include the critical text, which comprises the contents of Adhyāya 135 in the Anuśāsanaparvan (MBh. 12.135.1–12.135.142). Verse 3 on f. 1v corresponds with MBh. 13.135.1, and verse 146 on f. 29r corresponds with MBh. 13.135.142. Verse 155 on f. 30v corresponds with MBh. lines five and six of star passage 639 inserted by M1-3 after 13.135.142. The final rubric of this manuscript situates the Viṣṇusahasranāman in the Śāntiparvan rather than in the Anuśāsanaparvan.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:32
Dimension:10 x 17.5 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Good with browned and frayed edges. There is a 1 x 1.5 cm hole ripped in folio 11, but the writing can still be made out.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 5–7 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

Mistakes covered over in yellow, or more usually, gray.

Verse 162 on f. 31v is rewritten with errors and further corrections in the top margin on f. 31r.

A few marginal corrections appear on f. 7v, f. 8v, f. 9v, f. 12r, f. 12v, f. 16v, f. 18v, f. 22r, f. 25r, f. 27r, and f. 29r.

The title extent, and apparently the price of the manuscript (ve0 95) are written on f. 1r in a different hand.

Decoration

Color:The invocation, double daṇḍas, every other syllable of the introduction of speakers, and every other line of the colophon appear in red. Mistakes painted over in yellow, or more usually, in gray.
Border:Horizontal lines in black, yellow, and red, themselves bounded by similar vertical lines, frame the text and the left and right edges of each page.

History

Origin: 17–
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 – 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. 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. 32vf. 32v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: ve0 95
Line 2: õ viṣṇusahasranāmastotram patrāṇi 32
f.1v
Line 1: õ śrīrādhākṛṣṇāya namaḥ .. õ yasya smaraṇamātreṇa
Line 2: janmasaṁsāravaṁdhanāt .. vi!mū!<mu>cyute na!maḥ!<ma>s tasmai viṣṇa
Line 3: ve prabhaviṣṇave ..1..
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtā
Line 4: ya !bhu!<bhū>bhṛte .. anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇa
Line 5: ve ..2..
vaisyaṁpāyana uvāca .. śrutvā dharmāṇy aśeṣe
Line 6: ṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ yūdhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ pūna
Line 7: r evābhya[āḥ]bhāṣataḥ ..3.. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. kim ekaṁ daiva
f.2r
Line 1: taṁ loke kiṁ vāpy ekaṁ parāyaṇaṁ .. stūvaṁnta<ḥ>kaṁ kaṁ arcaṁtaḥ prā
Line 2: pnuyur mānavāḥ !su!<śu>bhaṁ ..4.. [
Line 3: [ [
Line 4: [ śrībhīṣma uvāca .. [
f.4r
[ [
Line 5: [ śrī
Line 6: vedavyāsa uvāca ..
[
f.29r
Line 1: viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ ()gataḥ prabha[bhu]()pyayaṁ .. bhajaṁti ye pu
Line 2: ṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavaṁ ..146.. arjuna uvā
Line 3: ca ..
[
Line 4: [
Line 5: śrībhagavān uvāca .. [
f.30v
Line 1: [ sarvavedeṣu yat puṇyaṁ sa!rba!<rva>ti
Line 2: rthe!ṣū!<ṣu> yat phalaṁ .. tat phalaṁ sarvam āpnoti śrutvā devaṁ
Line 3: janārdanaṁ ..155.. [
f.31v
Line 1: naro muktim avāpnoti cakrapāṇe vaco yathā .. bra
Line 2: hmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaṁ vina!syatī!<śyati>
Line 3: nirdahati pāpāni kalpakoṭiśatāni ca .. aśva
Line 4: tthasannidhau pārtha tatvamāne si keśavaḥ ..162..
vi
Line 5: layaṁ yāṁti pā!pa!<pā>ni anyapāpasya kākadhāḥ ..
!tatvasa
Line 5: ta! iti śrīmahābhārate !sa!<śa>tasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vai
f.32r
Line 1: yāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi uttamānuśāsane dāna
Line 2: dharmottare śrīviṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ saṁpūrṇaṁ .. ..

yādri
Line 3: śaṁ pūstakaṁ driṣṭā .. tādrisaṁ liṣitaṁ mayā .. idi sūdha
Line 4: m adhaṁ vā mama doso na diyete ..

śrīrāmakṛṣṇāya nama<ḥ>
Line 5: vaiṣṇavālatsa/yadāsapaṭha . rarthī . haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
Line 6: śrīrāmāya namaḥ .. śrīgopālāya namaḥ .. śrīkṛṣṇāya na
Line 7: ma<ḥ>

Record revised:31 October 2011