Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:515
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1376

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–25v (incomplete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Rāsakrīḍā
Colophon:none
Note:The Rāsakrīḍā is otherwise known as the Rāsalīlā and is narrated in five chapters, BhP. 10.29.1–10.33.39, called the Rāsapañcādhyāyī. The present manuscript includes adhyāyas 29-30, 32-33, but skips adhyāya 31.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. 1v–9r (complete)
   Part:ekonatriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Incipit: f. 1v:
.. śrīśuka uvāca ..
bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ
śaradotphullamallikāḥ
vīkṣya raṁtuṁ ma
naś cakre yogamāyām upāśritaḥ 1
Note:
BhP. 10.29.1
   Final rubric: f. 9r:
śra iti śrī bhāga
va[me]te mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrī
ḍāyāṁ ekonatri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ ..!39!<29>..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:ff. 9r–16v (complete)
   Part:kṛṣṇānveṣaṇaṁ nāma triṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Incipit: f9r-f9v:
.. śraśu
ka uvāca ..
   Final rubric: f. 16r:
iti śrī bhāgavate ma
hāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ śrī
kṛṣṇānveṣa!ṇe!ṇaṁ nāma tri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ 30
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.3

   Locus:ff. 16r–19r (complete)
   Part:dvātriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Incipit: f. 16r:
śrīśuka uvāca
iti gopyaḥ pragāyaṁtya<ḥ>
pralapa<ṁ>tyaś ca citradhā
ruruduḥ susvaraṁ rāja
n kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ 1
Note:
BhP. 10.31.1
   Final rubric: f. 19r:
iti śrī bhāga
vate mahāpurāṇe daśamaska<ṁ>dhe rāsakrīḍā
yāṁ dvātriṁśo <'>dhyayaḥ 32
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.4

   Locus:ff. 19r–25v (incomplete)
   Part:trayotriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Incipit: f. 19r:
śrīśuka0
   Explicit: f25r-f25v:

brahmarātra upāvṛtte
vāsudevānumoditāḥ
anichaṁtyo yayu
r gopyaḥ svagṛhān bhagava!n!<t>prīyā 40
Note: (Ahlborn)
BhP. 10.33.38

vi
krī [
Note: (Ahlborn)
BhP. 10.33.39a
   Colophon:None

Physical description

Form:Codex
Material:Paper.
Extent:25
Dimension:14 x 27 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Very good with water or grease stains in the lower corners of each page, and larger stains on f24v-f25v.
Binding: Unbound but folds on the left like a bound book.
Layout:Each folio of the ms. is written on the right half of the recto and left half of the verso, and the stack of folios is folded in half like a book. The pages in the first half of the book are therefore empty. When the folios are let to fall naturally open, the recto of the first folio is visible, and the text starts just after the middle on the verso of f. 1v.

Hands

Hand 1:The text is written in calligraphy with a reed pen.
Hand 2:The front cover of the book (which is the right side of f. 25v unfolded) is written in Hindustani by a different hand upside down from the rest of the ms.
Additions:

Written on the front cover is the following: “śrī .. śrī gaśāya namaḥ ..
śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
rāma ne jānā re .. abhāgeta
rā0 .. vāse prāyā kola ka
ra yā bharamobhṛlānā re
a0 .. rāmanāma vīsarāya
ke vīśya mala paṭānā re [
a0 .. pānī make kulavā
chanamakularanā re ā0” , and continues for three lines written horizontally downwards in the left margin.

Decoration

Color:The first speaker on f. 1v, the final rubric of adhyāya 29 on f. 9r:
and the first speaker of adhyāya 30 on f9r-f9v:
are written in red.

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

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 1rf. 1r  
f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
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  
f. 9v,f. 10rf. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v,f. 12rf. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v,f. 14rf. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v,f. 15rf. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v,f. 17rf. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v,f. 18rf. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v,f. 19rf. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v,f. 20rf. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v,f. 21rf. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v,f. 22rf. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v,f. 23rf. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v,f. 24rf. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v,f. 25rf. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25vf. 25v  

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f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
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  

Facsimile

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f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v,f. 10rf. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v,f. 12rf. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v,f. 14rf. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v,f. 15rf. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v,f. 17rf. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v,f. 18rf. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v,f. 19rf. 18v  f. 19r  

Facsimile

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f. 18v,f. 19rf. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v,f. 20rf. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v,f. 21rf. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v,f. 22rf. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v,f. 23rf. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v,f. 24rf. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v,f. 25rf. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25vf. 25v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1v
Line 1: aDyAya 29:
.. śrīśuka uvāca .. bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ
Line 2: śaradotphullamallikāḥ vīkṣya raṁtuṁ ma
Line 2: naś cakre yogamāyām upāśritaḥ 1 [
f.9r
Line 7: [
śra iti śrī bhāga
Line 8: va[me]te mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrī
Line 9: ḍāyāṁ ekonatri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ ..!39!<29>..
aDyAya 30:
.. śraśu
f.9v
Line 1: ka uvāca .. [
f.16r
Line 2: [
iti śrī bhāgavate ma
Line 3: hāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ śrī
Line 4: kṛṣṇānveṣa!ṇe!ṇaṁ nāma tri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ 30
aDyAya 31:
[missing 1 aDyAya, ?] aDyAya 32:
Line 5:
śrīśuka uvāca iti gopyaḥ pragāyaṁtya<ḥ>
Line 6: pralapa<ṁ>tyaś ca citradhā ruruduḥ susvaraṁ rāja
Line 6: n kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ 1 [
f.19r
Line 7: [
iti śrī bhāga
Line 8: vate mahāpurāṇe daśamaska<ṁ>dhe rāsakrīḍā
Line 9: yāṁ dvātriṁśo <'>dhyayaḥ 32
aDyAya 33:
Line 10:
śrīśuka0 [
f.25r
Line 8: [ brahmarātra upāvṛtte
Line 9: vāsudevānumoditāḥ anichaṁtyo yayu
f.25v
Line 1: r gopyaḥ svagṛhān bhagava!n!<t>prīyā 40 vi
Line 2: krī [
Record revised:3 November 2011