Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:448
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:889

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–21v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Cover rubric: f. 1r
.. idaṁ pustaka viṣṇur divyasahasranāmastotraprāraṁbhaḥ ..
Incipit: f. 1v
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave .. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣena pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evā bhyabhāṣata ..2.. ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
Explicit: f. 22r
vāsanād vāsudevasya vasitaṁ bhuvanatrayaṁ ..
sarvabhūtanivāso si vāsudeva namo stu te ..30 ( MBh. 13.135.142*636, lines 1–2 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
yasya haste gadācakraṁ garuḍo yasya vāhanaṁ ..
śaṅkhaṁ karatale yasya sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu ..31.. ( MBh. 18.5.54*61, lines 7–8 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
bhāti sarveṣu vedeṣu ratiḥ sarveṣu jaṁtuṣu ..
taraṇaṁ sarvalokānāṁ tasmād bhāratam ucyate ..32.. ( MBh. 1.1.53ab, Appendix I, no. 2, lines 3–4 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 22rf. 22v

iti śrī mahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vayyāśakyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇī dānadharme bhīṣmayudhiṣṭirasaṁvāde sahasranāma saṁpūrṇaṁ ..
.. idaṁ pustaka viṣṇusahasranāmastotraṁ samāptaṁ ..175..
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. 21r. This verse is followed by eight verses included in the critical apparatus as well as two not included. 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:Paper
Extent:22 folia
Dimension:9.5 x 15.9 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated 1–22 in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
   Formula:1–22
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Very good with browned edges and a few broken corners. The first folio (f. 1r, f. 1v) has a puncture hole in the right margin.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp in blue ink on the right of f. 1r and f. 17v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 7 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

Mistakes covered over with white or written over in black.

Decoration

Color:Invocation, rubric and final rubric, and introduction of speakers are written in red. Mistakes are covered over with white (e.g. f. 10v) or written over in black (e.g. f. 19v).
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on 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

Record history

Revised: 4 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. 22v  


Transcription (text structure)


.. idaṁ pustaka viṣṇur divyasahasranāmastotraprāraṁbhaḥ ..
.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave .. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmān aśeṣena pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ ..
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ punar evā bhyabhāṣata ..2.. ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
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viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayaṁ ..
bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti pa rābhavam ..22.. ( MBh. 13.135.142 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
arjuna uvāca
padmapatraviśālākṣa padmanābha surottama ..
bhaktānām anuraktānāṁ trātā bhava janārddana ..23.. ( Mbh. 13.135.142*635, lines 1–2 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
śrībhagavān uvāca
yo māṁ nāmasahasreṇa stotum ichati pāṁḍava ..
so ham ekena ślokena stuta eva na saṁśayaḥ ..24.. ( Mbh. 13.135.142*635, lines 3–4 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
namo stv anaṁtāya sahasramūrtaye
sahasrapādākṣiś!ī!<i>rorubā have ..
sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvate
sahasrakoṭīyugadhāri ṇe namaḥ ..25.. ( Mbh. 13.135.142*635, lines 5–8 ) (Jagatī)
namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca ..
jagaddh!ī!<i>tāya kṛṣṇāya goviṁdāya namo namaḥ ..26.. ( MBh. 13.135.142*639, lines 1–2 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ ka malanābhāya namas te jalaśāyine ..
namas te keśavānaṁta vā sudeva namo stu te ..27.. (Anuṣṭubh)
ākāśāt patitaṁ toyaṁ yathā gachati sāgaram ..
sarvadevanamaskāraṁ keśavaṁ prati gacchati ..28.. ( MBh. 13.135.142*639, lines 3–4 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
yo naraḥ paṭhate nityaṁ trikālaṁ keśavālaye ..
dvikālam ekakā laṁ vā krūraṁ sarvaṁ vyapohati ..29.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vāsanād vāsudevasya vasitaṁ bhuvanatrayaṁ ..
sarvabhūtanivāso si vāsudeva namo stu te ..30 ( MBh. 13.135.142*636, lines 1–2 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
yasya haste gadācakraṁ garuḍo yasya vāhanaṁ ..
śaṅkhaṁ karatale yasya sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu ..31.. ( MBh. 18.5.54*61, lines 7–8 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
bhāti sarveṣu vedeṣu ratiḥ sarveṣu jaṁtuṣu ..
taraṇaṁ sarvalokānāṁ tasmād bhāratam ucyate ..32.. ( MBh. 1.1.53ab, Appendix I, no. 2, lines 3–4 ) (Anuṣṭubh) MBh. 18.5.53 18.5.37, Appendix I, no. 3, lines 7–8

iti śrī mahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vayyāśakyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇī dānadharme bhīṣmayudhiṣṭirasaṁvāde sahasranāma saṁpūrṇaṁ ..
.. idaṁ pustaka viṣṇusahasranāmastotraṁ samāptaṁ ..175..