Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2299
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1323

Contents

Work 1

Locus:f. 1v-43 (complete)
Author:śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 2
Incipit: f. 1v:
dvitīye tu daśādhyāyai( śrībhāgavatamāditaḥ ||
udeśalakṣaṇo kṣibhyāṃ saṃkṣepeṇopavarṇyate ||1||
(>BhP.S.BhD. 2.1.0e-h Sb02_001.tif )
Explicit: f. 43:
rājñā pṛṣṭaḥ iti ayamarthaḥ yatyūyaṃ pṛcchathedameva rājā'pi śukaṃ pṛṣṭavān śuko'pividuramaitreyasaṃvādaṃ puraskṛtya ye pūrvaṃ rājñā kṛtāḥ praśanāstadanusāreṇaiva sarvaṃ purāṇārthamavocattadevāhaṃ vo'bhidhāsyāmi tathaivaśṛṇuteti ||51|| ||
(BhP.S.BhD 2.10.51 Sb02_507.tif ) śrīmadbhāgvataṃ yena svabrahmamukhato mitāṃ ||
brahmanāradayoḥ proktaṃ taṃ vaṃde gurum īśvaraṃ ||1|| yat sūtrayaṃ tritaṃ viśvaṃ narīnarttijagattrayaṃ ||
saṃtas tam eva pṛchaṃtu yad atra saravalitaṃ mama ||2|| itīyaskaṃdhasaṃbaṃdhi padabhāvārthadīpikā ||
uddīppatām iyaṃ sadbhir yathā syāt tatvadīpakaṃ ||3|| idaṃtām ichayā saṃtaḥ kṣamaṃtāṃ mama sāhasaṃ ||
mayā hi svīya sbodhāya ṛtam etan na sarvataḥ ||4||
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Final rubric: f. 43:
iti śrībhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikāyāṃ śrīdharasvāmi viracitāyāṃ ṭīkāyāṃ dvi-2-tīyaksaṃdaśamo dhyāyaḥ || ||
Filiation:UP2299, UP2300, UP2302, UP2303, UP2304, UP2305
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

Work 2

Locus:f. 1r-43 (complete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:skandha 2
Incipit: f. 1v:
śrīsuka u || || varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto lokahitaṃ nṛpa ||
(BhP. 2.1.1 Sb02_001.tif )
Explicit: f. 43:
sūta uvāca || rājñā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo yad avocan mahāmuniḥ ||
tad vo 'bhidhasye śṛṇuta rājñaḥ praśnānusārataḥ ||51||
(BhP. 2.10.51 Sb02_507.tif )
Final rubric: f. 43:
itiśrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvitīyaskaṃdhe aṣṭādaśasāha(tryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaḥ ||
Filiation:Penn 2299, UPenn 2300, UPenn 2302, UPenn 2303, UPenn 2304, UPenn 2305
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:country paper
Extent:42
Dimension:17 x 40 cm
Foliation:f. 13 is skipped. The scribe jumbs from 12 to 14, however there is textual continuity in both the root text and the commentary from 12 to 14.
Collation:single folia
Condition:very good-excellent; some water staining
Binding: wooden boards, dark hardwood with fading varnish and inscribed with the text title (very worn, difficult to read) on inside of bottom (?) board
Layout:ten to fifteen lines per leaf.

Decoration

Color:Mistakes covered over with yellow, written over, blocked out, or indicated by short vertical strokes above the syllable in question.

History

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

SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Facsimile

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Transcription

f. 1v:
commetary :
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ || || dvitīye tu daśādhyāyai( śrībhāgavatamāditaḥ ||
udeśalakṣaṇo kṣibhyāṃ saṃkṣepeṇopavarṇyate ||1||...
(BhP.S.BhD. 2.1.0e-h Sb02_001.tif ) mū:
śrīsuka u || || varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto lokahitaṃ nṛpa ||
(BhP. 2.1.1 Sb02_001.tif )
f. 43:
commetary :
rājñā pṛṣṭaḥ iti ayamarthaḥ yatyūyaṃ pṛcchathedameva rājā'pi śukaṃ pṛṣṭavān śuko'pividuramaitreyasaṃvādaṃ puraskṛtya ye pūrvaṃ rājñā kṛtāḥ praśanāstadanusāreṇaiva sarvaṃ purāṇārthamavocattadevāhaṃ vo'bhidhāsyāmi tathaivaśṛṇuteti ||51|| ||
(BhP.S.BhD 2.10.51 Sb02_507.tif ) śrīmadbhāgvataṃ yena svabrahmamukhato mitāṃ ||
brahmanāradayoḥ proktaṃ taṃ vaṃde gurum īśvaraṃ ||1|| yat sūtrayaṃ tritaṃ viśvaṃ narīnarttijagattrayaṃ ||
saṃtas tam eva pṛchaṃtu yad atra saravalitaṃ mama ||2|| itīyaskaṃdhasaṃbaṃdhi padabhāvārthadīpikā ||
uddīppatām iyaṃ sadbhir yathā syāt tatvadīpakaṃ ||3|| idaṃtām ichayā saṃtaḥ kṣamaṃ tāṃ mama sāhasaṃ ||
mayā hi svīya sbodhāya ṛtam etan na sarvataḥ ||4||
(BhP.S.BhD 2.10.51ff Sb02_507.tif ) || ca || iti śrībhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikāyāṃ śrīdharasvāmi viracitāyāṃ ṭīkāyāṃ dvi-2-tīyaksaṃdaśamo dhyāyaḥ || || mū:
f. 43:
sūta uvāca || rājñā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo yad avocan mahāmuniḥ ||
tad vo 'bhidhasye śṛṇuta rājñaḥ praśnānusārataḥ ||51||
(BhP. 2.10.51 Sb02_507.tif ) iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvitīyaskaṃdhe aṣṭādaśasāha(tryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaḥ ||
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