Collection: | Indic Manuscripts |
Item: | 37 |
Repository: | John Hay Library |
Institution: | Brown University |
Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 807 |
Locus: | ff. I:1r–II:248v | ||
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa | ||
Title: | Mahābhārata | ||
Part: | Parvan 11–12 | ||
Cover rubric: |
front cover
| ||
Language: | Sanskrit in Telugu script |
Locus: | ff. I:[1]r-I:14v |
Part: | Parvan 11 |
Part: | Strīparvan |
Incipit: |
f. I:[1]r, line 1
janamejayaḥ hate duryodhane caiva hate sainye ca sarvaśaḥ . dhṛtarāṣṭra mahātejā śrutvā kim akaron mune . (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 11.1.1 ) |
Explicit: |
f. I:14v, line 1
<...> [?][?][?] dhṛtarāṣṭrasya krutvā jalam ataṁdritaḥ . ( MBh. 11.27.24*79,' to='line 2ab ) (Anuṣṭubh) <...> samuttatāra gaṁgāyā bhāryayā naha bhārata .. ( MBh. 11.27.24*81, line 1cd ) (Anuṣṭubh) |
Final rubric: |
f. I:14v, line 1
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasriyāṁ sahitāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ sriparvaṇi udakapradānapraśaṁsā nāma ṣaḍviṁśo dhyāyaḥ . |
Colophon: |
f. I:14v, line 2
karakṛtam aparādhaṁ kṣaṁtum arhaṁti saṁttaḥ .. |
Locus: | ff. II:1r–II:248v |
Part: | Parvan 12 |
Part: | Śāntiparvan |
Incipit: |
f. II:[1]r, line 1
śuklāṁbaradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujaṁ prasaṁnavadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye .. (Anuṣṭubh) <...> śrīvaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. kṛtvodakaṁ te suhṛdāṁ sarveṣāṁ pāṁḍunaṁdanāḥ . <...> (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 12.1.1 ) |
Explicit: |
f. II:248v, line 3
ekoktaṁ kathitaṁ putra yadhāvadhanupṛcchataḥ sāṁkhyajñāne tathā yoge yathāvad anuvarṇitaṁ .. ( MBh. 12.339.21 ) (Anuṣṭubh) |
Final rubric: |
f. II:248v, line 4
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrikāyā saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāsikyāṁ śrīśāṁtiparvaṇi mokṣadharme nārāyaṇiyye śatatamo dhyāyaḥ .. |
Colophon: |
f. II:248v, line 4
karakṛtam aparādhaṁ kṣaṁtum arhaṁti saṁttaḥ .. |
Note: | The critical edition ends with MBh. 12.353.09 found on f. 124r, line 2. |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Palm leaf |
Extent: | 265 folia |
Dimension: | 5 x 48.5 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | Foliated in the left margin on the recto of each folio. |
Formula: | I: [1], 2–14; II: [1], 2–248, [i–ii] |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Excellent condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; a few worm holes in the margins; a spot of white paste appears in each margin on the recto of each folio, often covering the number. There are burn spots on [[facs=f87r, locus=f. 87r]]. |
Binding: | Bound between wooden covers by means of cord and a metal peg inserted through two holes. |
Condition: | The binding is in good condition. |
Layout: | Written in 9–13 lines per page. |
Hand 1: | xxxxx |
Additions: |
In the left margin on f. I:1r is written in the scribe's hand: śubhamastu avighnamastu śrīrāma jayaṁ śrīparvaṁ . In wide black ink lines in a different hand is written: patri ā14 . One line [?][?][?] in medium width black line in Urdu script is written between the two last black marker lines. On [[facs=fII:iiv, locus=f. II:[ii]v]] in Telugu, etched but uninked, is written [?][?][?][?] maya nucunu sāve1d.āninā yaviṁpamu sa.ṁ.nnutata |
Illustration: | Flowers in left margins mark the line in which a final rubric occurs. |
Origin: | Unknown |
Acquisition: |
Stuart C. Sherman (1977: 79) describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows:
Indic Manuscripts A collection of fifty-three codices (not after 1800) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, Pālī grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in (A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, by Horace I. Poleman, New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1938.) Register available. Gift of Baptist missionaries to Burma, among whom was Adoniram Judson Brown Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. |
SubjectLC: | Mahābhārata |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 18th century |
SubjectSL: | Mahābhārata |
Sanscrit Mahabharata.
11. Stree Parvam 12. Santi Parvam |
saṁskṛtamahābhāratamu.
11. strī parvamu 12. śāṁti parvamu |