Collection: | Indic Manuscripts |
Item: | 46 |
Repository: | John Hay Library |
Institution: | Brown University |
Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1302 |
Locus: | f. 1r–f. 261v |
Author: | Potana |
Title: | Bhāgavatam |
Part: | Skandhas 10–12 |
Cover rubric: |
front cover
Bagavatam Books 10. 11. & 12 |
Language: | Telugu in Telugu script |
Locus: | f. 1r, line 1 – f. 121r, line 3 |
Part: | Skandha 10 pūrvārdha |
Incipit: |
f. 1r, lines 1–3
śrīkaṁṭhacāpakhaṁḍḍana . pākāripramukhavinutabhaṁḍḍanavilasa . tkākusthavaṁśśamaṁḍḍana . rākeṁdduyaśoviśāla rāmanṛpālā .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 121r, line 2
rukmiṇīkalyāṇaṁbbunu . nanukathalaṁgaladaśamaskaṁddhaṁbbunaṁddu pū!var!<rva>bhāgaṁ saṁpū!narṁ!<rṇaṁ> .. |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 122r, line 1 – f. 127r, line 4 |
Part: | Skandha 10 uttarārdha |
Incipit: |
f. 122r, lines 1–3
śrīkarapariśoṣitara . tnākarakamaniyyaguṇagaṇakarakāru . ṇyakarabhīkaraśaradhā . rākaṁ ppitadānaveṁdrarāmanareṁdrā .. ma .. mahaniyaguṇagariṣṭhulagunammuniśreṣṭhulakunikhilapurāṇavyākhyā navaikharīsametuṁḍḍainasūtuṁḍḍiṭlaniye . |
Final rubric: |
f. 227r, lines 3-4
yādavavṛṣṇibhojāṁddhakavaṁśśaca ritraṁbbunu . nanukathalaṁgaladaśamaskaṁddhaṁbbunaṁdduluttarabhāgaṁsaṁpū!nar!<rṇa>mū .. |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 228r, line 1 – f. 250r, line 7 |
Part: | Skandha 11 |
Incipit: |
f. 228r, lines 1–2
śrīsītāvallabhalaṁ . kkāsurasaṁhāradevatārādhitavā . ṇīsatiramaṇā!cir!<rci>tavṛ . trāsuramadaharaṇavinutarāmanṛpālā .. |
Explicit: |
f. 250r, line 6
<...> <...> surabhayapariha!tār!<rtā>sūricetoviha!tār!<rtā> .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 250r, lines 6–7
yidiparameśvarakaruṇākalitakavitāvicitrakesanamaṁtriputrasahajapāṁḍḍi tyapotanāmātyapraṇitaṁbbainaśrīmahābhāgavataṁbbanumahāpurāṇaṁbbunaṁddukṛṣṇuṁḍḍubhūbhāraṁbbuvāpiyādavulakanyonyavairaṁbbulugalpiṁccivāralaha ekādaśaskaṁdhaṁ saṁpū!nar!<rṇa>mū |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 251r, line 1 – f. 261v, line 2 |
Part: | Skandha 12 |
Incipit: |
f. 251r, lines 1–2
śrīmarudaśanapativinuta . kāmitamunirājayogakalpaphalodya . ddāmaghanajanakavaranṛpa . jāmā trugrasararāmacaṁdranṛpālā .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 261r, line 1
prakāraṁbbulaṁggalaceritraṁbbulunu . nanukadhalaṁggaladvādaśaskaṁddhaṁsaṁpū!ṇarṁ!<rṇaṁ> .. |
Colophon: |
f. 261v, lines 1-2
jayanāmasaṁvatsaraśrāvaṇabahulavarku ānavāla subbarāyuḍusoṁttaggāvrāsukūnnadi .. |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Palm leaf |
Extent: | 267 folia |
Dimension: | 3.8 x 43.2 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | Foliated in the left margin on the recto of each folio. |
Formula: | [i–v], 1–261, [vi] |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Good condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; occassional worm holes. Some folios have considerable fading. Complete. The fourth work, Skandha 12 on f. 228r–f. 261v, is etched but not inked. |
Binding: | Bound between wooden covers by means of cord and a metal peg inserted through two holes. |
Condition: | The binding is in good condition. |
Layout: | Written in 7–8 lines per page. Text is written only in the center between the two binding holes on the first folio of each skandha, i.e. on f. 1r, f. 1v, f. 122r, f. 122v, f. 228r, f. 228v, and f. 251r, f. 251v. At the end of skandhas 10a, 10b, and 11 on f. 121r, f. 227r, and 250v, there are only 4 lines of writing, and only 3 at the end of Skandha 12 on f. 261r. The following pages are blank: f. 121v, f. 227v, and f. 261v. |
Hand 1: | xxxxx |
Additions: |
Occassionally śrī is written in a left margin In the left margin on f. 1r is written the following: śrīrāmā .. śubhamastu .. avighnamastu daśamaskaṁdhaṁ In the left margin on f. 2v is written the following with lacunae due to worm holes: devakī vāha. In the left margin on f. 5r is written the following: balarāma jananaṁ In the left margin on f. 5v is written the following: kṛṣṇāva tāraṁ In the left margin on f. 6r is written the following: illegible markings 7 ā 57 In the left margin on f. 9v is written the following: ghoṣapra veśaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 10r is written the following: yogamā yācaritaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 11v is written the following: naṁdduputro tsavaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 13v is written the following: pūtanāsaṁ hvātaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 16r is written the following: śagaṭāgu ravaḷa .. In the left margin on f. 16v is written the following: tvaṇrttu vaḍa .. In the left margin on f. 17v is written the following: garggāga manaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 18r is written the following: illegible marking in black ink, unetched bālakrī ḍayu .. In the left margin on f. 22v is written the following: nalakūjara maṇigrīva śāpavimo canaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 25r is written the following: [?] vaṁddāvana gaṁhvaraṁ .. In the left margin on f. 26r is written the following: vatsāsu ravadha .. [?] ka.su [?][?] dha .. In the left margin on f. 27v is written the following: āghāsura vadha .. In the left margin on f. 29r is written the following: brahmavatsa bālakuladā yaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 32r is written the following: brahmavi nutiyu In the left margin on f. 38r is written the following: dhenukāsu ravadha .. In the left margin on f. 39r is written the following: kāḷiyyu marddanaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 45v is written the following: grīṣmavarna na .. In the left margin on f. 46v is written the following: pralaṁcvā suravadha .. In the left margin on f. 11v is written the following with lacuanae due to worm holes: gārci[?] u mriṁgguṭa In the left margin on f. 48r is written the following with lacuanae due to worm holes: varuṣākā [?] varnana .. In the left margin on f. 49v is written the following: śaratkāla varnana .. In the left margin on f. 55v is written the following: viprabhārya luvaccuṭa In the left margin on f. 57r is written the following: byaṁṭṭāvana mukunaṁddu ṭuvaccuṭa In the left margin on f. 58r is written the following: śrīrāma In the left margin on f. 58v is written the following: hariyā gaṁśiyuṭa In the left margin on f. 59r is written the following with lacunae due to worm holes: yiṁdruḍu naruṣaṁku [?] pi[?] ccuṭa In the left margin on f. 60v is written the following: govardhanagi riyittuṭa In the left margin on f. 61v is written the following: deveṁdru ḍuvaccu ṭa .. In the left margin on f. 62r is written the following: varuṇapaṭnaṁ povuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 63r is written the following: rākācaṁ drodaya veṇunādaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 65v is written the following: gopikalu kṛṣṇuveta kuṭa .. gopikā gītalu In the left margin on f. 69r is written the following: hariprasaṁ nnatayu In the left margin on f. 70v is written the following: rāsakrī ḍa .. In the left margin on f. 73v is written the following: harijala krīḍalāḍu ṭa .. In the left margin on f. 75r is written the following: sudarśana śāpavimo canaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 75v is written the following: śaṁkhkcū ḍavadha .. In the left margin on f. 76r is written the following: guṁhyaka vadha .. In the left margin on f. 77r is written the following: vṛṣabhāsu ravadha .. In the left margin on f. 77v is written the following: nāraduṁḍu balarviṣṇula vṛttātaṁśe ppuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 78r is written the following: akṝrunimaṁ ddaku aṁppiṁccu ṭa .. In the left margin on f. 79r is written the following: śrīrāma keśivadha .. In the left margin on f. 79v is written the following: nāradāga manaṁ In the left margin on f. 80r is written the following: vyomukā suravadha .. In the left margin on f. 80v is written the following: akṛyaḍu maṁddakuva ccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 82r is written the following: akṛvāda kṛṣṇasaṁ vvādaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 83r is written the following: śrīkṛṣṇuḍu madhurāpra yāṇaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 83v is written the following: akṝrā gamanaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 84r is written the following: akṝrā stuti In the left margin on f. 85r is written the following: madhurāpu raṁceruṭa In the left margin on f. 86r is written the following: rajaka vadha .. In the left margin on f. 86v is written the following: mālākāru gṛhaṁbbuna kuvaccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 87r is written the following with a lacuna due to a worm hole: ku[?] saṁ yyogaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 89r is written the following with a lacuna due to a worm hole: bālakṛṣṇu lukaṁssusa [?] kuvaccu ṭa .. kuṁjjara vadha .. In the left margin on f. 90v is written the following: mallayu ddhaṁ In the left margin on f. 92v is written the following: cāṇūra vadha . muṣṭi kavadha .. In the left margin on f. 93r is written the following: kaṁssavadha In the left margin on f. 93v is written the following: devakīvasu devuluvaccu ṭa .. In the left margin on f. 94r is written the following: rrapanayana vidyābhyāsaṁ In the left margin on f. 95v is written and crossed out [?]. In the left margin on f. 96v is written the following: rraddhavuḍu repallekuva ccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 96v is written the following with lacunae due to worm holes: [?] maragī talu In the left margin on f. 99v is written the following: akṝru ḍu astināpu raṁvaccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 101r is written the following: kaṁssubhārya lutaṁḍriki ceppuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 101v is written the following: jarāsaṁddha yuddhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 105v is written the following: kālayava A line crossed out nuduyu ddhālkuvaccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 106r is written the following: dvārakāpura nirmaṇaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 107r is written the following: kālayava nāgamaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 108v is written the following: mucikuṁdda mokṣaṇaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 110v is written the following: marasaṭi yuddhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 111r is written the following: rukmiṇīka lyāṇaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 122r is written the following: śrīrāmā śubham astu .. avighnam astu jattarabhāga mū .. śrī .. pradyumna janmaṁ śaṁbbaro pākhyānaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 125r is written the following: satrājittu nakusūryu ḍumaṇiyi ccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 126r is written the following: jāṁbbava tivivā haṁ .. In the left margin on f. 127r is written the following: satyabhā māpari ṇayaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 127v is written the following: śatadhanyuḍu satrājittu nucaṁppuṭa In the left margin on f. 128r is written the following: balarāmu ḍumithilaku povuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 128v is written the following: duryoddhanu gadābhyā saṁ .. akṝru ḍupāripo vuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 129r is written the following: śrīkṛṣṇuḍu yiṁdraprastha puraṁpovu ṭa .. In the left margin on f. 130v is written the following: kā[?] ddima triviṁddalavi vāhaṁ .. nagnajitti vivāhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 132r is written the following: narakāsura vadha .. In the left margin on f. 136r is written the following: haripadā ruvelastrīla vivāham ādu ta .. In the left margin on f. 136v is written the following: naditikiguṁ ḍḍalaṁbbuli ccuṭayu .. In the left margin on f. 137r is written the following: pārijā tāpaha raṇaṁ 8.. haripadāru velastrīluvi vāham ā duta .. In the left margin on f. 138r is written the following with lacunae due to worm holes: rukmiṇīvi pralaṁbbaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 139r is written the following: rukmiṇī stotraṁ In the left margin on f. 141v is written the following: kṛṣṇukumā rotpatti yu .. In the left margin on f. 142r is written the following: pradyumnavi vāhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 142v is written the following: rukmibalabha drulajūdaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 143r is written the following: rukmivadha In the left margin on f. 144r is written the following: bāṇasu rayuddhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 155v is written the following: nṛgopā khyānamu .. In the left margin on f. 158r is written the following: balarāmu ḍurephalleku bovuṭa In the left margin on f. 160r is written the following: pauṁḍrakavā sudevavadha .. In the left margin on f. 162v is written the following: plavakavadha .. dvividhavadha .. In the left margin on f. 163v is written the following: sāṁbbuvivā hamu .. In the left margin on f. 166v is written the following: nāraduḍudvā rakakuvaccuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 171r is written the following with lacunae due to worm holes: nāradā [?] ma[?] ṁ .. In the left margin on f. 171v is written the following: dharmarāju rājasū yaṁgāraṁ baṁ .. In the left margin on f. 173r is written the following with lacunae due to worm holes: The first line is illegible puraṁbovu In the left margin on f. 175v is written the following: jarāsaṁddha vadha .. In the left margin on f. 178r is written the following: rājabaṁddha mokṣaṇaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 179v is written the following: dharmarājurā jasūya yāgaṁśe yuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 181r is written the following with a lacuna due to a worm hole: siśupāla vadha .. In the left margin on f. 184r is written the following: duryodhana avamānaṁ In the left margin on f. 185v is written the following: sāḷvayu ddhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 188v is written the following: sāḷvayuddhaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 190v is written the following: daṁttavaktru vadha .. In the left margin on f. 191v is written the following: balarāma tīrdhayā tra .. In the left margin on f. 192v is written palvalavadha ... In the left margin on f. 194v is written the following: kucelopā khyānamu .. In the left margin on f. 199v is written the following: śamaṁttapaṁ ccakatīrdhaṁ āḍuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 208v is written the following: subhadrāpa riṇayaṁ .. In the left margin on f. 209v is written the following: mithilānaga raṁpovuṭa .. In the left margin on f. 211v is written the following: śṛtigīta lū .. In the left margin on f. 215v is written the following: harihara brahmala caritra In the left margin on f. 228r is written the following: śrīrāmā śubhamastu ekādaśaskaṁ dhamū .. In the left margin on f. 251r is written the following: śrīrāmā śubhamastu dvādaśaskaṁ dhamū .. |
Illustration: | Flowers in left margins mark the line in which a final rubric occurs. Two large flowers are drawn on each side of the text on the outside of the binding holes on f. 1r. |
Origin: | The colophon on f. 261v, lines 1-2 states that the manuscript was completed on the 3rd tithi (presumably in the bright fortnight) in the month of śrāvaṇa in the year called jayasaṁvatsara, which corresponds either to 8 August 1834 AD or 4 August 1894 AD, by AnavAlasubbarO. |
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. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Telugu |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |
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