Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2780
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:827

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1v-??? (incomplete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:mahābhārata
Part:udyogaparvan adhyāya 33-36|3
Incipit: f. 1v:
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca || dvāsthaṃ prāha mahāprājño ...
(MBh. 5.33.1a)
Explicit: ???:
... kāvyāṃ vācaṃ vaktum arhasy adārāṃ ||3||
(Mbh. 5.36.3c)
Final rubric: f. 12v:
iti udyogaparvaṇi viduraprajāgare adhyāyaḥ
([follows crit. 33.104, numbered 119])
Final rubric: f. 19r:
f. 25v:
{ṣimilar colophons,}
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

Work 2

Locus:f. 1v-???ends??? (incomplete)
Author:nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭafl. 1650
Part:udyogaparvan adhyāya 33-36|3
Incipit: f. 2r:
dvāstham iti ||1||2||3||4||5|| akalpo na kiṃ tu kalpaḥ samartha eva sarvadā vidurasaṃdarśanaṃ mamāpratyākhyeyam ity arthaḥ ||
Explicit: ???:
haṃsarūpeṇa parivrajakarūpeṇa ||2|| anumātuṃ liṅgena jñātuṃ || kāvyāṃ vidvallakṣaṇābhidhāyinīṃ ||3||
Final rubric: f. 12v:
iti viduravākye adhyāyaḥ
Final rubric: f. 19r:
f. 25v:
Note: Similar colophons
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:paper
Extent:25
Dimension:13 x 25 cm
Foliation: formula: ???
Condition:Incomplete. Occasional wormholes.
Layout:Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

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
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 18th century
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 18th century
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Facsimile

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Transcription

mū:
f. 1v:
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca || dvāsthaṃ prāha mahāprājño ...
(MBh. 5.33.1a) Commentary:
f. 1v:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || || dvāstham iti ||1||2||3||4||5|| akalpo na kiṃ tu kalpaḥ samartha eva sarvadā vidurasaṃdarśanaṃ mamāpratyākhyeyam ity arthaḥ || ...
mū:
f. 12v:
iti udyogaparvaṇi viduraprajāgare adhyāyaḥ
([follows crit. 33.104, numbered 119])
Note: f. 19r:
,
f. 25v:
: similar colophons.
Commentary:
f. 12v:
iti viduravākye adhyāyaḥ
Note: f. 19r:
,
f. 25v:
: similar colophons.
mū:
... kāvyāṃ vācaṃ vaktum arhasy adārāṃ ||3||
(Mbh. 5.36.3c) Commentary:
... haṃsarūpeṇa parivrajakarūpeṇa ||2|| anumātuṃ liṅgena jñātuṃ || kāvyāṃ vidvallakṣaṇābhidhāyinīṃ ||3||
Record revised:???date mo.??? 2010