Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2249
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:
Item:1316

Work 1 (complete)

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Second folio:Don't understand
Signatures:Don't understand
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Physical description

Form:folia
Material:country paper
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Extent:75
Foliation:1-74, two folia numbered 18, last folio number on both recto and verso, smaller numbers 1-41 appear on the bottom right of the verso side of folia 33-73. Folia 44 & 45 are in the wrong order in terms of the primary number, although the smaller number (12 & 13) are correct. Smaller numbers 1-41 appear on the bottom right of the verso side of folia 33-73. Folia 44 & 45 are in the wrong order in terms of the primary number, although the smaller number (12 & 13) are correct.
1-18[a], 18[b]-43,45,44,46-74
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Condition:Physical Condition: excellent, stain on f. 71.
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No binding

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History

Color:Colophons, texts, and double daNDas in red.
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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:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 18th century.
SubjectSL:../TEI_MS/IndicSubjectClassification.xml#purARa ()

Facsimile

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Transcription aDyAya 29:
Commentary:

zrIgaNezAya namaH..
brahmAnadAtsamuddhRtya bhajanAnandayojane..
lIlAyAyujyate samyak sA turye vinirUpyate 1
laukikastrISu saMsiddhaH tadvArA puruSo bhavet..
svAnandAnubhavAMthIha yogyapi nirUpitAH..2..
tato hi bhajanAnaMdaH strISu samyak vidhIyate..
tadvArA puruSANAM ca bhaviSyati na cAnyathA..3..
striya eva hitaM yAtuM zaktyA tAsu tataH pumAn..
ato hi bhagavAn kRSNaH strIpuremehyaharnizam..4..
bAhyAbhyaMtarabhedena AntaraM tu paraM phalaM
tataH zabdAtmikA lIlA nirduSya sA nirUpyate..5..
tato rUpaprapaMcasya paMcadhA ramaNaM mataM..
AtmanA prathamA lIlA manasA tu nataH purA 6
vAkprANaistu tRtIyA syAd iMdriyais tu tataH purA..
zArIrI paMcamI vAcyAttato rUpaM pratiSTitaM..7..
SaDviMze tu hariH pUrvaM jIvanAnandayat svayaM..
te cetsamarpitAtmAnastatropAyazca rUpyate..8..
AtmA yAvatprasaMnno bhUttAvaM dvairamate hariH..
sotaH karaNasaMvaMdhI tirodhatte hariz ca saH..9..
prathamaM bhajanAnaMdaM nirUpayituM strISu svAnaMdaM sthApanIya iti tAsu ratyarthaM icchAM kRtavAn ity Aha.. zrIzuka uvAca..
bhagavAn api tA rAtrIH
[...] yogamAyAm upAzritaH..1
mayemA raMsyatha kSapA iti rAtrayo varatvena dattAH.. [...] mū:
zrIzuka uvAca..
bhagavAn api tA rAtrIH
[...] yogamAyAm upAzritaH..1 (BhP. 10.29.1) aDyAya 29:
Commentary:

[...]

f. 73v:

[...] vikrIDitaM vrajavadhUbhiridaMca viSNoH… hRdyogamAzvapahinotyacireNadhIraH..40..
vrajavadhUbhiH sahabhagavata idaM vizeSeNa krIditaM zraddhAnvito bhUtvA samyak kathyamAnamupazRNuyAn athavA varNayet zravaNAnAMtarameva kIrttanam ityathazabdaH ya itinAtravarNAdibhi niyamaH kiM tu yaH kazcana bhagavato mAhAtmya zravaNadaivamapi mocayatIti bhaktAnAM ca sarvathA pratipattizravaNAcca bhagavati parAM bhaktimupagatastato bhaktyA aMtaHsthirIbhUtayA hRdayasya rogarUpaM kAmasyAzu zIghram evApahinoti yaH pUrvaM hRdayavAdhakatvena sthitaH zIghramevacA vAdhakarttA tamAzveva dUrIkaroti zravaNamAtreNaiva tataH pUrvavAsanayA punarUddhame acireNaiva dhIro bhavati ata idaM sAbhiprAyaM zrotavyamiti kalakaraNAt phalamuktam..40..
iti zrIbhAgavatasubodhinyAM zrImadvallabhadIkSitaviracitAyAM dazamaskaMdhavivaraNe triMzo dhyAyavivaraNam.
zrIkRSNaH zaraNaM mameti paramo mantro yamaSTAkSaraH…..
zrIsamaMta 1880.. kAtIka vadi..10..
anena prIyatAM devo bhagavAn kamalApatiH lakSmInRsiMhaH pUrveSAm asmAkaM kule devataM.. zrImat gopIjanamAnamohanAyAnaMdakaMdAya pItAMbaradhAriNe zrIgopAlakRSNAya namaH
..itivallabhakRtasubodhinI samAptA.. mū:


f. 73v:

[...] vikrIDitaM vrajavadhUbhir idaM ca viSNoH
[...] hRdyogam Azv apahinoty acireNa dhIraH..40.. (BhP. 10.33.40)

Changes

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Matthias AhlbornSeptember 2010In , filled MsDescPennTemplate.xml with data in David Buchta's Manuscripts.doc file and data in mbh_bhp.xml collected by David Nelson.
Peter M. Scharf???date mo.??? 2010edited the original encoding .