Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2391: Catuḥślokībhārata University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2391: Catuḥślokībhārata are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from incipit (f. 1r). Written in 7 lines per leaf. 1 leaf foliated 1, lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Two fragments of a book cover with colored marbling and inset artificial flowers used as covers for the manuscript. Non-Latin script record. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2391 9954196763503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774532355 4 verses (śloka) purporting to be the essence of the Mahābārata; proclaims the importance of practicing dharma over lust, greed, etc. In Sanskrit Catuḥślokībhārata चतुःश्लोकीभारत Colophon: catuḥślokībhārataṃ sa[ṃ]pūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīrāmajayarāmajayajayarāma // (f. 1r).

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 1 item (1 leaf) : 9 x 18 cm Dharma Hindu mythology Commentaries Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century