Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2254
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1321

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 2r–48v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:skandha 12
Incipit: f. 2r:
parīkṣita uvāca ..
svadhāmānugate kṛṣṇe yaduvaṁśavibhūṣaṇe ..
kasya vaṁśo <'> bhavat pṛthvyām etad ācakva me mune .1.
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 1; 12.1.1
śuka u0 ..
yo 'ntyaḥ puraṁjayo nāma bhaviṣyo bārahadrathaḥ ..
tasyāmātyas tu śunako hatvā svāminam ātmajaṁ ..2.
Note:
BhP. 12.1.1
Explicit: f. 48r:

nāmasaṁkīrttanaṁ yasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .
praṇāmo duḥkhaśa()nas taṁ namāmi hariṁ paraṁ ..23..
Note:
BhP. 12.13.23
Final rubric: f. 48r:
.. iti śrī
bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvādaśaskaṁdhe sūtokte trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..13..
Colophon:none
Filiation:The eleven manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania's Collection of Indic Manuscripts, Items 2250–2254 (UPenn 2250, UPenn 2251, UPenn 2252, UPenn 2253, UPenn 2254) and 2380–2285 (UPenn 2380, UPenn 2381, UPenn 2382, UPenn 2383, UPenn 2384, UPenn 2385) constitute a set of manuscripts of all but two skandhas (skandhas 7 and 11) of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa with Śrīdharasvāmin's Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā written by the same hand.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 2

Locus:f. 1v–48r (complete)
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 12
Incipit: f. 1v:

jayaṁti śrīparaṁ[[?]]naṁdakṛpāpāṁgalasadṛśaḥ ..
yā nityam anuvarttaṁte saṁpado ()vigatā dṛśaḥ ..1..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 2, ad 12.1.1
Explicit: f. 48r:

tam eva devatārūpeṇa gururūpeṇa ca praṇamati . nama iti vyā
cacakṣe vyākhyātavān .20.1!.!<>3.
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 343, ad 12.13.20


bhāvārthadīpikām etāṁ bhagavadbhaktavatsalām ()
śrī<>para[mā]()naṁdapādābjabhṛṁgaśrīḥ śrīdharo 'karo[[?]]() ()
svabālacapalālāpai
ḥ svalīlāparinarttitaiḥ ()
prīyatāṁ parmānaṁdanṛhariḥ sadguruḥ svayam ()
śrī<>para[mā]()naṁdasaṁprītyai guhyaṁ bhāgavataṁ mayā ..
tanmatenedam ākhyātaṁ na tu manma
tivaibhavāt ..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 343
Final rubric: f. 48r:
iti śrībhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ dvādaśaskaṁdhe trayodaśo <'> dhyāyaḥ .. ..13..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:48
Dimension:15.4 x 34.8 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Good condition.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 8–15 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text.

Hands

Hand 1:Same scribe and style as UPenn 2250, UPenn 2251, UPenn 2252, UPenn 2253.
Additions:

“12 prāraṁbhaḥ” is written in a different hand on f. 1r, and “12” on f. 48v.

Mistakes are covered over with yellow or are written over. There are marginal corrections.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas in the base text are written in bright orange, red, or brown. Yellow is used to cover mistakes. Orange powder is rubbed in over the invocation, final rubrics, introduction of speakers, and numbers.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page.

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:Puranas – Bhāgavatapurāṇa – 12. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Facsimile

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f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4v,f. 5rf. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v,f. 6rf. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. 7rf. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v,f. 8rf. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
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f. 44v,f. 45rf. 44v  f. 45r  
f. 45v,f. 46rf. 45v  f. 46r  
f. 46v,f. 47rf. 46v  f. 47r  
f. 47v,f. 48rf. 47v  f. 48r  
f. 48vf. 48v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

mū:
f.2r
Line 3: parīkṣita uvāca .. svadhāmānugate kṛṣṇe yaduvaṁśavibhūṣaṇe .. kasya vaṁśo <'> bhavat pṛthvyām etad ācakva me mune .1.
Line 2:
śuka u0 .. yo 'ntyaḥ puraṁjayo nāma bhaviṣyo bārahadrathaḥ .. tasyāmātyas tu śunako hatvā svāminam ātmajaṁ ..2. [
f.48r
Line 8: [ nāmasaṁkīrttanaṁ yasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam . praṇāmo duḥkhaśa()nas taṁ namāmi hariṁ paraṁ ..23..
.. iti śrī
Line 9: bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvādaśaskaṁdhe sūtokte trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..13..
.. śubhaṁ bhavatu .. .. śrīr astu ..
Commentary:
f.1v
Line 1: .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. .. jayaṁti śrīparaṁ[[?]]naṁdakṛpāpāṁgalasadṛśaḥ .. yā nityam anuvarttaṁte saṁpado ()vigatā dṛśaḥ ..1.. uktas trayoda
Line 2: śādhyāyair dvādaśe tv āśrayaḥ sataḥ .. adhiṣṭhānāvadhitvā()m āśrayaś ceśvaraḥ svataḥ ..2.. [
f.48r
Line 3: [

tam eva devatārūpeṇa gururūpeṇa ca praṇamati . nama iti vyā
Line 10: cacakṣe vyākhyātavān .20.1!.!<>3.

bhāvārthadīpikām etāṁ bhagavadbhaktavatsalām () śrī<>para[mā]()naṁdapādābjabhṛṁgaśrīḥ śrīdharo 'karo[[?]]() () svabālacapalālāpai
Line 10: ḥ svalīlāparinarttitaiḥ () prīyatāṁ parmānaṁdanṛhariḥ sadguruḥ svayam () śrī<>para[mā]()naṁdasaṁprītyai guhyaṁ bhāgavataṁ mayā .. tanmatenedam ākhyātaṁ na tu manma
Line 10: tivaibhavāt ..
iti śrībhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ dvādaśaskaṁdhe trayodaśo <'> dhyāyaḥ .. ..13.. .. rāmaḥ ..
Record revised:18 April 2012