Details

Standardized Title:

Mahābhārata. Aśvamedhaparva. Selections.

Subjects:

Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Arjuna (Hindu mythological character).
Hindu cosmology.
Epic literature, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Epics.
Poems.
Dialogues.
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Summary:

Supplementary text to the well-known Bhagavadgītā, expanding on the rich philosophical and cosmological discourse between the legendary prince Arjuna and the legendary king Kṛṣṇa, understood as an avatāra of the deity Viṣṇu. Presented as a conversation between Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 19r).
Colophon: iti hariḥ om̐ tatsadīti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasahasikāyāṃ vayyaśikyā aśvamedhaparvaṇīsūpaniṣatsūbrahmavidyāyāṃ śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde uttaragītāyāṃ tṛtīyodhyāyaḥ // 3 // śrīrāmāyanamaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇāyanamaḥ // śrīkāśīviśvesvarāyanamaḥ // (f. 19r)
Double daṇḍas in red. Mistakes covered over with yellow or written over. Orange powder rubbed in over colophons, introductions of speakers, and numbers. A few marginal corrections. Illustration of Gaṇeśa and his rat under a canopy flanked by attendants in red ink (f. 1r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 918 (UP 2231).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2231.

OCLC:

424630299