Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2222
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:891

Contents

Work 1 (incomplete)

Locus:ff. 1r–36v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Cover rubric: f. 1r
.. atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
Incipit: f. 1vf. 2r
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
Explicit: f. 36v
naro muktim avāpnotī cakrapāṇir vaco yathā ..
brahmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaiḥpramucyate ..36.. (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 36v
iti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vayyāśakyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi
< It is probable that just one folio numbered 37, containing the remainder of the final rubric and perhaps a colophon on f. 37r and perhaps a back-cover final rubric on f. 37v, is missing. >
Colophon:none
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. 33v. This verse is followed by several verses included in the critical apparatus the last of which is verse 129 which in turn is followed by several verses not included in the critical apparatus. 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:White European paper with chain lines.
Watermark:A watermark depicting Lady Brittania on a throne with her shield is visible on ff. 13, 20, 21, 26, 34, and 36. Text in addition is visible on f. 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, and 31. The text reads: “ W & J Harris TurkeyMill 1839 ”
Extent:36 folia
Dimension:10.5 x 17.4 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Numbered in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
   Formula:1–36
   Signatures:vi0 sa0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Missing the last folio, folio 37, containing the remainder of the final rubric and perhaps a colophon. Folio 1 has been damaged and repaired. Folios 29 and 30 have small holes burnt in them, and f. 29v has a black smudge near the burnt hole.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the upper right of f. 1r reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 5 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written clearly with a reed pen that distinguishes thick and thin lines and produces sharp angles.
Additions:

Besides pra on f. 12r, there are no additions or corrections.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas are written in red. Orange powder is rubbed in over numbers.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page beginning with f. 1v.

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

Record history

Revised: 20 February 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. 5r     f. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v, f. 6r     f. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v, f. 7r     f. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v, f. 8r     f. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v, f. 9r     f. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v, f. 10r     f. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v, f. 11r     f. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v, f. 12r     f. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v, f. 13r     f. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v, f. 14r     f. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v, f. 15r     f. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v, f. 16r     f. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v, f. 17r     f. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v, f. 18r     f. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v, f. 19r     f. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v, f. 20r     f. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v, f. 21r     f. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v, f. 22r     f. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v, f. 23r     f. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v, f. 24r     f. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v, f. 25r     f. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25v, f. 26r     f. 25v  f. 26r  
f. 26v, f. 27r     f. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27v, f. 28r     f. 27v  f. 28r  
f. 28v, f. 29r     f. 28v  f. 29r  
f. 29v, f. 30r     f. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30v, f. 31r     f. 30v  f. 31r  
f. 31v, f. 32r     f. 31v  f. 32r  
f. 32v, f. 33r     f. 32v  f. 33r  
f. 33v, f. 34r     f. 33v  f. 34r  
f. 34v, f. 35r     f. 34v  f. 35r  
f. 35v, f. 36r     f. 35v  f. 36r  
f. 36v     f. 36v  


Transcription (text structure)

.. atha viṣṇusahasranāmaprāraṁbhaḥ ..
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
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viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhavāvyayaṁ ..
bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavam ..22.. ( MBh. 13.135.142 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
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sarvadeveṣu yat puṇyaṁ sarvatīrtheṣu yat phalaṁ ..
tat phalaṁ samavāpnoti stutvā devaṁ janārdanaṁ ..29.. ( MBh. 13.135.142*639, lines 5–6 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
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naro muktim avāpnotī cakrapāṇir vaco yathā ..
brahmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaiḥpramucyate ..36.. (Anuṣṭubh)
iti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vayyāśakyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi
< It is probable that just one folio numbered 37, containing the remainder of the final rubric and perhaps a colophon on f. 37r and perhaps a back-cover final rubric on f. 37v, is missing. >