Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:401
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:910

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1v–12v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Rubric: f. 1r
viṣṇusahasranāma
Incipit: f. 1v
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave pra!bhu!<bha>viṣṇave ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave pra!bhu!<bha> ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmā[ṇy a](n a)śeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sa!rba!śaḥ ..
yūdhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ pūnar evābhyabhāṣata ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
Explicit: f. 12v
viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayaṁ ..
bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavaṁ ..142.. ( MBh. 13.135.142 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 12v
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi uttamānuśāsane dānadharmottare viṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ saṁpūrṇam ..
Colophon:none
Note:The text of the manuscript corresponds closely with the text of the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra as in the Pune critical edition of the Mahābhārata where it comprises the contents of Adhyāya 135 in the Anuśāsanaparvan (MBh. 12.135.1–12.135.142). The manusript begins with two verses typical of the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra which are not included in the text as in the Pune critical edition. Yet the next verse, which corresponds to the first verse in the critical edition, is numbered 1. While the last verse corresponds with the last verse in the critical edition, a marginal addition adds three additional verses commonly found in the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra which are included in the critical apparatus but are not included in the text as established in the critical edition. The marginal addition is then deleted by being painted over in yellow. 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:12 folia
Dimension:11.6 x 27.7 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
   Formula:1–12
   Signatures:vi0 sa0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin, and rāma appears to the right of the folio number in the lower right margin on the verso of each folio.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Many folios have ragged edges.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp in blue ink on the right side of f. 1r and f. 12v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 7–8 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

On f. 1r in the top left six illegible characters which appear to be Devanāgarī digits are written in purple ink. Above the cover rubric is written what appears to be a catalog number: la0 1 . ve0 96.

A lengthy marginal addition on f. 12v has been erased by yellow pigment.

Decoration

Color:Orange powder is rubbed in over the invocation, final rubric, introduction of speakers, and numbers.

History

Origin: 18–
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 – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Record history

Revised: 19 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. 12v  


Transcription (text structure)

viṣṇusahasranāma
patra 12
õ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsārabaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai viṣṇave pra!bhu!<bha>viṣṇave ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh)
namaḥ samastabhūtānām ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte ..
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave pra!bhu!<bha> ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh)
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmā[ṇy a](n a)śeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sa!rba!śaḥ ..
yūdhiṣṭhiraḥ śāṁtanavaṁ pūnar evābhyabhāṣata ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.135.1 )
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viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayaṁ ..
bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavaṁ ..142.. ( MBh. 13.135.142 ) (Anuṣṭubh) (The following three verses constitute an addition made in the upper and right margin to be inserted here as indicated by a carot.)
arjuna uvāca ..
padmapatraviśālākṣa padmanābha surottama ..
bhaktānām anuraktānāṁ trātā bhava janārddana ..143.. ( 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 ..144.. ( Mbh. 13.135.142*635, lines 3–4 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
namo stv anaṁtāya sahasramūrtaye
sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave ..
sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvate
sahasrakoṭīyugadhāriṇenamaḥ ..145.. ( Mbh. 13.135.142*635, lines 5–8 ) (Jagatī) (End of marginal addition.)
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyāsikyāṁ śāṁtiparvaṇi uttamānuśāsane dānadharmottare viṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ saṁpūrṇam ..
śrīrāma..
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