Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2311
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:831

Contents

Work 1

Locus:f. 1r-1v (complete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:mahābhārata
Part:bhīṣmaparvan
Incipit: f. [1]r:
( oṃ
Note: [om-character]
kārasya ca mahātmyaṃ rūpaṃ sthānaṃ paraṃ tathā ||
tat saṃviśrotum ichāmi brūhi me parameśvara ||1||
Explicit: f. [1]v:
aṣṭādaśādhyāyagītā jñānaṃ datvā tavārjuna ||
tathāpi gūḍhaśāstrārthaṃm idaṃ jñānaṃ suniścitaṃ ||65|| arjuna u0 agha me saphalaṃ janma dhanyo haṃ ? tprasādataḥ ||
sthito smi gatasaṃdaha kariṣye vacanaṃ tava
Final rubric: f. 1v:
[bhāra] ta0 śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhi0 vai0 bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrī(madbha0 su0 su0 yoga0 śrīkṛṣṇā* oṃ
Note: om-sign
kāramahātmyagītāyāṃ ni(
Colophon: f. 1v:
(
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:1
Dimension:10.3 x 31 cm
Foliation:1 leaf, foliated [1].
formula: [1]
Condition:The lines are written very close together. Writing in the margins. Some of the ink is a bit smudged, but it is still legible. |

History

Origin:Dāḍekara Bhāskara 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 -- Bhīṣmaparva -- Niṣphalanirūpaṇa.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 18th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Facsimile

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Transcription

f. [1]r:
śrīparavrahmaṇe namaḥ || ( oṃ
Note: [om-character]
kārasya ca mahātmyaṃ rūpaṃ sthānaṃ paraṃ tathā ||
tat saṃviśrotum ichāmi brūhi me parameśvara ||1||
f. [1]v:
aṣṭādaśādhyāyagītā jñānaṃ datvā tavārjuna ||
tathāpi gūḍhaśāstrārthaṃm idaṃ jñānaṃ suniścitaṃ ||65|| arjuna u0 agha me saphalaṃ janma dhanyo haṃ ? tprasādataḥ ||
sthito smi gatasaṃdaha kariṣye vacanaṃ tava [bhāra]ta0 śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhi0 vai0 bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrī(madbha0 su0 su0 yoga0 śrīkṛṣṇā* oṃ
Note: om-sign
kāramahātmyagītāyāṃ ni( ( (
Record revised:???date mo.??? 2010