Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2402
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:919

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–12v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Itihāsasamuccaya
Part:Bahulāvyāghrasaṁvāda
Incipit: f. 1v:
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śarata[tya]()gataṁ bhīṣmaṁ vṛddhaṁ kuru
pitāmahaṁ .
mūrddhnā praṇamya dharmmātmā paprachedaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraṁ .. ..
Note:
MBh. 13.111, Appendix I, no. 12A, line 1
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ..

bhagavan!na cro!<chro>tum ichāmi satyārjjavaguṇānvitaṁ .
yat prāg vahutayā proktaṁ tan me vyā
khyātum arhasi ..2..
Note:
MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 3a, 2a, 4
bhīṣma uvāca ..
saumya dharmmapravakṣyāmi satyavākyam anuttamaṁ .
vyāghrasya kāmarūpasya dhenvā saṁvādam uttamaṁ ..3..
Note:
MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 5–6
Explicit: f11v-f12r:


rī vā ca puruṣāṁ vā durbhagāḥ subhago bhavet ..
āyur ārogyam aiśvaryaṁ puṇya caiva vi<va>rdhate
..117..
Note:
MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, line 458
Final rubric: f. 12r:
itihāsasamuccaye vahulāvyāghrasaṁvādasamāptam iti ..
Colophon:none
Note:Verse 3c and the final rubric identify the work as the Bahulāvyāghrasaṁvāda, a conversation between desire in the form of a tiger and a cow named Bahulā. The final rubric situates the work in the Itihāsasamuccaya. The Itihāsasamuccaya is described by Gambier-Parry (1922: 40) as an anthology of 32 episodes drawn from the Mahābhārata. While the Bahulāvyāghrasaṁvāda is not included in the text of the Pune critical edition of the Mahābhārata, a longer version of the narrative is included among the additions to the Anuśāsanaparvan (MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20.). UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2279 contains the Satyanārāyaṇavratakathā also placed in the Itihāsasamuccaya.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper.
Extent:12
Dimension:7.8 x 15.5 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:The paper is fairly brown, and there is insect damage in the margins particularly on folios 8, 11, and 12.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 6 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in regular bold, tall, rectangular characters in a northern {d}evanAgarI style. Errors confusing rI with f (verse 4c on f. 1v, line 6) and gYa with jYa demonstrate that the manuscript (or one of its parents) was dictated and written in northern India by Hindi speakers.
Additions:

.. Śrīganeśaya nama .. śubham astu” is written in on f. 12v.

Decoration

Border:Two sets of vertical double black lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page; a single set on f. 1v.

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:Itihāsasamuccaya.
SubjectLC:Mahābhārata.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

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. 12vf. 12v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1v
Line 1: .. śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ .. .. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. śarata[tya]()gataṁ bhīṣmaṁ vṛddhaṁ kuru
Line 2: pitāmahaṁ . mūrddhnā praṇamya dharmmātmā paprachedaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraṁ .. ..
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ..
Line 3:
bhagavan!na cro!<chro>tum ichāmi satyārjjavaguṇānvitaṁ . yat prāg vahutayā proktaṁ tan me vyā
Line 4: khyātum arhasi ..2..
bhīṣma uvāca .. saumya dharmmapravakṣyāmi satyavākyam anuttamaṁ .
Line 5: vyāghrasya kāmarūpasya dhenvā saṁvādam uttamaṁ ..3..
māthure viṣaye ramye dhaṇadhānya
Line 6: samākule . tatra sānaga!ṛ!<rī> ramyā yamunātīram āśritā ..4.. [
f.11v
Line 6: [
f.12r
Line 1: rī vā ca puruṣāṁ vā durbhagāḥ subhago bhavet .. āyur ārogyam aiśvaryaṁ puṇya caiva vi<va>rdhate
Line 2: ..117..
itihāsasamuccaye vahulāvyāghrasaṁvādasamāptam iti .. śubham astu .. ..
Record revised:3 March 2012