Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:Indic Manuscripts
Item:36
Repository:John Hay Library
Institution:Brown University
Location:Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Catalog:
Item:811

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:
Author:kfzRa dvEpAyana vyAsa
Title:mahABArata
Part:parvan 13-18
Cover rubric:
Incipit:
Explicit:
Final rubric:
Colophon:
Filiation:
Second folio:Don't understand
Signatures:Don't understand
Language:

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:palm leaf
Watermark:
Extent:259
Foliation:Two sets of numbering; The 2nd numbering immediately follows where the first set ends; 2nd numbering missing folio 85; Appears that the text is all there but the scribe misnumbered the folios leaving out 85.
[i-ii], I: 1-145; II: 1-84, 86-113
Collation:
Condition:Very good condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; occassional worm holes that can create lacunae; a spot of white paste appears in some margins on the recto of each folio, often covering the number; A small upper right corner fragment is included with the manuscript, however there were no folios missing a section that would match up with this fragment.
Binding:

Wooden covers with tying cord and a metal peg through lateral holes.

Conditiongood
Accompanying matter:

Hands

Summary:
Additions:

Uninked, etched note mid center of folio “anuSAsanIkaparvaM” 147 Illegible writing followed by number 56 Illegible writing followed by number 11 folio [i]r

Note in center of folio in black ink, unetched: “anuSAsanIkaM” Note in center in black ink written over some text crossed out: “aSvameta” Note in center uninked, etched: “ASramavAsaM” 45 “mavusalaparvaM” 6 “mahAprastanikaM” 3 “svargArohARaM” 5 folio [ii]r

Note in left margin: Etched and inked: “SuBamastu” “anuSAsanIkaM” “SrIrAmA” In black ink, unetched: “pat.trik.A i” “A” 145 folio [I]1r

Note in left margin: “SrIgaRADi” “pataye namaH” “vizRusaha” “sranAmAlu” “SrIrAmA” folio [I]130r

Note in left margin: Appears to be from the anuSAsanaparvan 13.135.26a-28b: “rudrobahu” ?“rAbaBRrvi” “SvayoniSSuci” “SravAH . amftaH” “SSASvatasDARu” “rvarAroho” “mahAtapAH .” “sarvagassarvavi” “dBAnurvihvakse” “nojanArdanaH” “vedovedavidavyaM” “govedAMgove” “davitkaviH . lokA” “dyakzaHsurADyakzo” “DarmADyakzaHkftA” “kftaH” folio [I]130v

Note in left margin: “SrIgaRADipata” “yenamaH .. SrI” “SivasahasranA” “mAlU ..” 139 (page numbering) “SrIrAmA” folio [I]139r

Note in left margin: Inked and etched: “SrImahAgaRADi” “patayenamaH” “SuBamastu” “aviGnamastu” “SrIrAmajayaM” “aSvameDapa” “rvaRi SrI SrI SrI” In upper left corner of margin in black ink, unetched: “patri”? In mid left margin in black ink, unetched: “A” 84 folio [II]1r

Note in left margin in black ink, unetched: 84 folio [II]84r

Note in left margin: Inked and etched: “SuBamastu” “ASramavA” “saparva” “SrIrAmA” In black ink, unetched: “patri”? “A” 17 folio [II]86r

Note in margin in black ink: 17 folio [II]102r

Note in left margin: Etched and inked: “mOsala” “parvaM” “SrIrAmA” In black ink, unetched: 103 “patri”? “A” 51 folio [II]103r

Note in left margin: Etched and inked: “SuBamastu” “mahAprasDA” “nikaparvaM ..” “SrIrAmA” In black ink, unetched: “patri”? “A” 2 folio [II]108r

Note in left margin in black ink, unetched: 2 folio [II]109r

Note in left margin: Etched and inked “SuBamastu” “svargAro” “haRaparva ..” “SrIrAmA” In black ink, unetched: “patri”? “A” 4 folio [II]110r

Note in left margin in black ink, unetched: 4 folio [II]113r

Decoration

History

Color:
Border:
Illustration:flowers in some left margins
Origin: cuMqqiSItArAmaya Finished writing the aSvameDaparvan on Wednesday the 10th, in the year Vikrama.

[II]84r, line 8 “ yAdfSaM pustukaM dfzwvA tAdfSaM liKitaM mayA . SrI.baD.v.aMvAsubad.z.aMvA mama dozena vidyate .. vikrama nAma saMvatsaranijajes 10 buDavAraMvarkuy iMkkolliSaMkkarayya gAriki cuMqqiSItA”

Provenance:
Acquisition: (Stuart C. Sherman (1977: 79)) describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: “ Indic Manuscripts

A collection of fifty-three codices (not after 1800) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, Pālī grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in (A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, by Horace I. Poleman, New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1938.) Register available.

Gift of Baptist missionaries to Burma, among whom was Adoniram Judson Brown Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese.

Subject headings

SubjectLC:Mahābhārata
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 18th century
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 18th century
SubjectSL:../TEI_MS/IndicSubjectClassification.xml#mahABarata ()

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Transcription parvan 13:


f. [I]1r:
yudhizWirOvAca
Samo bahuviDAkAraH sUkzma uktaH pitAmaha [...] (MBh. 13.1.1ab)

f. [I]145r:

[...] anujYApya ca te sarve nyavartanta janADipAH (MBh. 13.54.34.cd)


f. [I]145r.l8:
iti SrImahABArate SatasahasrikAyAM saMhitAyAM vEyASikyAM AnuSAsanikeparvaRi BIzmasvargArohaRaM nAma saptacatvAriMSaduttaradvitaSatatamo DyAyaH .. AnuSAsanikaparvaRisamAptaM ..

f. [I]145r.l9:

AnuSAsanikaparva SftvA BaktisamavitaH .
sOBAgyadAnaM kUrvIta hemakapyapurassaraM .
maRividrAmamuktanAM caMvanAgaruvAsasAM .
kastUrikuMkumArinAM sugaMDAnAM ca sarvaSaH .
sOraBeyagavAM cEva vAjinAM javaSAlinAM

f. [I]145v.l1:

annodakAnAM vipreByaH mAlyAni ca PalAni
yuDASaktikaro datvA PalapUrRam avApnuyAt .
trayodaSaM sarvaSuBaM trivargaPaladAyakaM .
SftvAdApatrayomatyaH sadyo mucyet asaMSayaH .
SrIkfSRArpaRamastu . SrIvAsudevabrahmaRe namaH . SrIrAmacaMdrabrahmaRenamaH SrIhayagrivAya namaH . SrIvedavyAsAya namaH . SrIlakzminfsiMhabrahmaRe namaH parvan 14:


f. [II]1r:

SrIrAmakfzRAyanamaH . hariH .. vESaMpAyanaH .
kftodakaM tu rAjAnaM DftarAzwraM yuDizWiraH . [...] (MBh. 14.1ab)

f. [II]84r:

[...] cintayasva nadAvizRumattari kurUdvahA .. tenaCasinanyena tad vizRo pparamaM padaM .. (MBh. ??)

f. [II]84r.l7:

iti SrImahABArate SatasahasrikAyAM saMhitAyAM vEyyASikyAM SrImad ASvameDake parvaRi vEzRasaDarmaSAstre SrIBagavadvArikAprayARaM nAma SatABikezazwo DyAyaH ..

f. [II]84r.l7:

SrIrAmAkfzRArpaRam astu SrIlakzmInfsiMhmArpaRam astu .. .. hariH .. dIM ..
yAdfSaM pustukaM dfzwvA tAdfSaM liKitaM mayA .
SrI.baD.v.aMvAsubad.z.aM vA mama doze na vidyate ..
vikrama nAma saMvatsaranijaje10 buDavAraM varkuyiMkkolliSaMkkarayyagArikicuMqqiSItA rAmayavrASina aSvameDaparvaRinamAptaH ..
SrImaMgaLamahA SrI SrIMjeyunu SrI SrI SrI SrI SrI
karakftam avarADaM kzaMtum arhati naMtaH ..
SrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrIr a parvan 15:


f. [II]86r:
janamejayaH
prApyar AjyaM mahABAgAH pARqavA me pitAmahAH
kaTam Asan mahArAje DftarAzwre mahAtmani [...] (MBh. 15.1.1)

f. [II]102v.l5:

[...] yuDizWiras tu nfpatir nAtiprItamanAs tadA
kOrayAm Asa tad rAjyaM nihatajYAtibAnDavaM (MBh. 15.47.27)
iti SrImahABArate SatasahasrikAyAM saMhitAyAM vEyyASikyAM ASramavAsaparvaRi paMcacatvAviMSoDyAyaH . ASramavAsaparva samAptaM ..

f. [II]102v.l6:

SrIrAmAcaMdrAye namaH .. parvan 16:


f. [II]103r:
vEzaMpAyanaH .
zawtriMSe tv aTa saMprApte varze kOravanandanaH
dadarSa viparItAni nimittAni yuDizWiraH .. [...] (MBh. 16.1.1)

f. [II]107v:

[...] praviSya ca purIM vIraH samAsAdya yuDizWiram
Acazwa tad yaTAvfttaM vfzRyanDakajanaM prati (MBh. 16.9.38)

f. [II]107v.l6:

iti SrImahABArate SatasahasrikAyAM saMhitAyAM vEyyASikyAM mOsalaparvaRi navamo DyAyaH .
SrIrAmAcaMdrAyenamaH .. parvan 17:


f. [II]108r:
janamejayaH .
evaM vfzRyanDakakule SrutvA mOsalam AhavaM
pARqavAH kiM akurvaMta taTA kfzRe divaM gate [...] (MBh. 17.1.1)

f. [II]109v.l8:

[...] yatra sA bfhatI SyAmA budDisattvaguRAnvitA
drOpadI yozitAM SrezWA yatra cEva priyA mama (MBh. 17.3.36)
iti SrImahABArate SatasahasrikAyAM saMhitAyAM vEyyASikyAM mahAprasTAnike parvaRi tftiyo DyAyaH .
SrIrAmAcaMdrAye namaH .. parvan 13:


f. [II]110r:
janamejayaH .
svargaM trivizwapaM prApya mama pUrvapitAmahAH
pAMqavA DArtarAzwrAS ca kAni sTAnAni Bejire [...] (MBh. ???)

f. [II]113r.l2:

[...] itihAsam imaM puRyaM mahArTaM vedasammitaM .
SrAvayed yas tu varRAMs trIn kftvA brAhmaRam agrataH .. (MBh. 18.5.43)
iha kIrtiM parAMparaM prAya BogavAn suKam aSnute .
vyAsaprasAdena punari svargalokaM ca gacCati .
etad viditvA sarvaM tu sarvavedArDavidBavet .
pUjanIyasrasatataM mAnanIyyo BavedvijaH . (MBh. 18*0052_2-5)

f. [II]113r.l4:

oM tat sad iti SrImahABArate SatasahasrikAyAM saMhitAyAM vEyyASikyAM svargArohaRaparvaRi paYcamo DyAyaH .
SrIrAmAcaMdrabrahmaRe namaH . SrIvedavyAsAya namaH . SrI SrI SrIyE namaH .

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Matthias AhlbornSusan J. MooreSeptember 2010In , filled MsDescPennTemplate.xml with data in 's BrMs*.txt file.
Peter M. Scharf25 December 2009edited the original encoding .