Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2182
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:832

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–4v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Durgāstotra
Incipit: f. 1r:
saṁjaya uvāca ..
dhārttarāṣṭrabalaṁ dṛṣṭvā yuddhā
ya samupasthitaṁ ..
arjunasya hitārthāya kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt ..
1..
Note:
MBh. 6.22.16 Appendix I, no. 1, lines 1–2
śrībhagavān uvāca ..
śucir bhūtvā mahābāho saṁgrāmābhi
mukhe sthitaḥ ..
parājayāya śatrūṇāṁ durgāstotram udīraya ..2..
Note:
MBh. 6.22.16 Appendix I, no. 1, lines 1–2
Explicit: f. 4r:

yatra dharmo dyutiḥ kāṁtir yatra hrīḥ śrīs ta
thā matiḥ ..
yato dharmas tataḥ kṛṣṇo yataḥ kṛṣṇas tato jayaḥ ..
Note:
Mbh. 6.22.16 Appendix I, no. 1, lines 56–57
Final rubric: f. 4r:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmapa0 bhagavadgītāpa0 durgāstotre trayo
viṁśo dhyāyaḥ ..23..
Colophon: f4r-f4v:
idaṁ hastā0 yādavasūnūrāmacaṁdreṇa likhitaṁ
idaṁ stotraṁ karakaṣavāsirāmaśāstriācāryasya saṁmataṁ likhitaṁ
idaṁ pustakaṁ haribhāū viṁjhe guhāgarakara yāṁce aśe śake 1793
prajāpati nāma saṁvatsare kārtikaśu0 4 dine samāptaṁ
Note:

The text of the Durgastotra is included in Appendix I in the critical apparatus of the Bhīṣmaparvan of the Pune critical edition of the Mahābhārata (MBh. 6.22.16 Appendix I, no. 1, lines 1–57).

The present manuscript puts three lines in verse 27 and two lines in verse 28.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:British paper, blue with watermark on ff. 3–4 (mostly on f. 3).
Watermark:The watermark is lady Britannia sitting on a throne, her shield at her side.
Extent:4
Dimension:11 x 20 cm
Collation: Folios are paired.
Formula:1-2, 3-4
Condition:Brittle, edges very frayed and the center of folios 3 and 4 has turned brown.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written clearly with a reed pen distinguishing thick and thin lines.
Additions:One marginal correction is made on f. 3v where the mistake has been indicated by a three vertical strokes above the syllable corrected. A name was added after the colophon.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on the 4th tithi of the bright fortnight in the month of kārttika in the year 1793, called prajāpati, of the śaka era, which corresponds to Thursday, 16 November 1871 A.D., by Rāmacandra, son of Yādava with the approval of his teacher Rāmaśāstri of {k}arakaza. The manuscript belonged to Haribhāū Viṁjhe Guhāgarakara.
Provenance:The name Dasrūpaḍharinātha was added to the end of the colophon and is probably the name of an owner or reader.
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 – Bhīṣmaparva – Durgāstotra.
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. 4vf. 4v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: .. śrīgaṇeśā0 .. saṁjaya uvāca .. dhārttarāṣṭrabalaṁ dṛṣṭvā yuddhā
Line 2: ya samupasthitaṁ .. arjunasya hitārthāya kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt ..
Line 3: 1..
śrībhagavān uvāca .. śucir bhūtvā mahābāho saṁgrāmābhi
Line 4: mukhe sthitaḥ .. parājayāya śatrūṇāṁ durgāstotram udīraya ..2.. [
f.4r
Line 4: [ yatra dharmo dyutiḥ kāṁtir yatra hrīḥ śrīs ta
Line 5: thā matiḥ .. yato dharmas tataḥ kṛṣṇo yataḥ kṛṣṇas tato jayaḥ ..
Line 6:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmapa0 bhagavadgītāpa0 durgāstotre trayo
Line 7: viṁśo dhyāyaḥ ..23..
idaṁ hastā0 yādavasūnūrāmacaṁdreṇa likhitaṁ
f.4v
Line 1: idaṁ stotraṁ karakaṣavāsirāmaśāstriācāryasya saṁmataṁ likhitaṁ
Line 2: idaṁ pustakaṁ haribhāū viṁjhe guhāgarakara yāṁce aśe śake 1793
Line 3: prajāpati nāma saṁvatsare kārtikaśu0 4 dine samāptaṁ
Line 4: .. cha .. .. cha cha .. .. cha .
Line 5: dasrūpaḍharinātha
Record revised:20 February 2012