Details

Standardized Title:

Mahābhārata. Śāntiparva. Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra.

Subjects:

Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).
Bhīṣma (Hindu mythological character).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Epic literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Hymns.
Prayers.
Epics.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text praising the thousand names of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, attributed to the epic Mahābhārata, but circulated as an independent devotional text used in private or public meditation and prayer. Presented as a discourse between the legendary warriors Bhīṣma and king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes:

Colophon: iti śrī manmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vayyāsikyām anuśāsanike parvaṇibhīṣṃayudhiṣṭhirasavāde śrīviṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotraṃ sa[ṃ]pūrṇaṃ // cha (f. 30r)
Colophon, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas in red. Mistakes covered over with yellow or blacked out. Some marginal corrections.
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
Poleman notes: "Although this text is assigned to the Anuśāsanikaparva by the copyist, it is actually from the Śāntiparva"; however, the text does not appear in the critical edition of the Śāntiparva.
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 908 (UP 390).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 390

OCLC:

402405577