Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:1378
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:2464

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–14v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Vedastuti
Part:Adhyāya 87
Part:10.87.1–50
Incipit: f. 1v
pa[i]rīkṣid [au](u)vāca ..
brahman brahmaṇy anirdeśye nirguṇe guṇavṛttayaḥ ..
kathaṁ caraṁti śrutayaḥ sākṣāt sadasataḥ pare ..1 ( BhP. 10.87.1 )
Explicit: f. 13r
yosyotprekṣaka ādimadhyanidhanaṁ yo vyaktajīveśvaro
yaḥ sṛṣṭvedam anupraviśya ṛṣiṇā[ṁ] cakre puraḥ śāsti tāḥ ..
yaṁ sampadya jahāty ajām anuśayī suptaḥ kulāyaṁ yathā
taṁ kaivalyanirastayonim abhayaṁ dhyāyed ajasraṁ harim ..50.. ( BhP. 10.87.50 ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
Final rubric: f. 13rf. 13v
iti śrī mahābhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁ dhe vedakṛtabrahmastutir nāma saptāśititamo dhyāyaḥ ..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper
Extent:13 folia
Dimension:10.2 x 15.5 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left margin on the verso of every even folio 2–12, and on f. 13v . Folio 14 is blank but for the added title on f. [14]v .
   Formula:[1], 2, [3], 4, [5], 6, [7], 8, [9], 10, [11], 12, 13, [14]
Collation: Paired folios.
Formula:[1]–2, [3]–4, [5]–6, [7]–8, [9]–10, [11]–12, 13–[14]
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. [14]v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in seven lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, bold, regular characters tilted slightly forward in straight lines.
Hand 2:The title on the back, f. [14]v, is an addition in a different hand, which may be the same hand that corrected the numeral 2 into a 3 and added a 1 before it on f. 13v.
Additions:

On the back of the last folio, f. [14]v is written the title of the selection, vedastuti

.

Mistakes are covered over with yellow. There are a few marginal corrections.

Decoration

Color:Mistakes are covered over with yellow.

History

Origin: 18–
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 – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Record history

Revised: 15 April 2012

Facsimile  (work )

Whole image     Individual pages
f. [1]r     f. [1]r  
f. [1]v, f. 2r     f. [1]v  f. 2r  
f. 2v, f. [3]r     f. 2v  f. [3]r  
f. [3]v, f. 4r     f. [3]v  f. 4r  
f. 4v, f. [5]r     f. 4v  f. [5]r  
f. [5]v, f. 6r     f. [5]v  f. 6r  
f. 6v, f. [7]r     f. 6v  f. [7]r  
f. [7]v, f. 8r     f. [7]v  f. 8r  
f. 8v, f. [9]r     f. 8v  f. [9]r  
f. [9]v, f. 10r     f. [9]v  f. 10r  
f. 10v, f. [11]r     f. 10v  f. [11]r  
f. [11]v, f. 12r     f. [11]v  f. 12r  
f. 12v, f. 13r     f. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v, f. [14]r     f. 13v  f. [14]r  
f. [14]v     f. [14]v  


Transcription (text structure)


Adhyāya 87:
śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ ..

pa[i]rīkṣid [au](u)vāca ..
brahman brahmaṇy anirdeśye nirguṇe guṇavṛttayaḥ ..
kathaṁ caraṁti śrutayaḥ sākṣāt sadasataḥ pare ..1 ( BhP. 10.87.1 )
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yosyotprekṣaka ādimadhyanidhanaṁ yo vyaktajīveśvaro
yaḥ sṛṣṭvedam anupraviśya ṛṣiṇā[ṁ] cakre puraḥ śāsti tāḥ ..
yaṁ sampadya jahāty ajām anuśayī suptaḥ kulāyaṁ yathā
taṁ kaivalyanirastayonim abhayaṁ dhyāyed ajasraṁ harim ..50.. ( BhP. 10.87.50 ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
..
iti śrī mahābhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁ dhe vedakṛtabrahmastutir nāma saptāśititamo dhyāyaḥ ..
śrīrāmacaṁdra .. ca .. ca ..
vedastuti