Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2437
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1309

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. [I]41r-[XI]21v (incomplete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:devībhagavatapurāṇa
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. [I]41r-[I]46v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 3, end of adhyāya 20 -- adhyāya 23 verse 54
   Incipit: f. [I]41r:
yaḥ kariṣyati vairaṃ me saṃprāpto tu sa phalaṃ tathā 48 vyāsa u0 ity uktās te tathā tena saṃtuṣṭāḥ bhūbhujaḥ sthitāḥ
so pi svam āśramaṃ prāpya susthitaḥ [49] saṃvabhūva ha 49
(devIbhAgavata3.20.48)
   Explicit: f. [I]46v:
no cet kaśraṃ saparigṛhyasutāṃ mahīvāṃ bālaḥ sudarśana [| 5] ripaughaṃ jitvā vraje kuśalanavalaḥ salilaṃ vijṛṃbhate janati te tra krapākaṭākṣaḥ 53 śaktāsijansamaraṇādi bhayaṃ viharttu kiṃ citra maṃtrakalabhaktajana
(devIbhAgavata3.23.54???)

      Work 1.1.1

      Final rubric: f. [I]41v:
iti śrībhagavatībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyaskaṃdhe viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ 20

   Work 1.2

   Locus:ff. [II]29v-[II]31 (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 4, adhyāyas 16-17 and 28 + verses of adhyāya 18, ff| 29-31|
   Incipit: f. [II]29v:
harṣaśokādayo bhāvo nidrātaṃdrālasādayaḥ
sarveṣāṃ sarbadā rājan dehāsaṃdehasaṃṣutāḥ 37
a(rā nirjarā proktā devāś ca
(devIbhAgavata4.16.37)
   Explicit: ff. [II]31-[II]31:
tvaṃ karttā cātiharttā tvaṃ tvaṃ sarvagatir īśvaraḥ 28 ( itiḍitaḥ prabhur viṣṇuprasanne
(devIbhAgavata4.18.29)

   Work 1.3

   Locus:ff. [III]39r-[III]42v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 5, end of adhyāya 23, adhyāya 24, and 12 + verses of adhyāya 25, ff| 39-42|
   Incipit: f. [III]39r:
vyāsa u0 evaṃ stutā tadā devī devaiḥ śatrutāpitaiḥ
svaśīrā dvitīyaṃ rūpaṃ prāduḥ bhūtaṃ cakāra ha parvatyās tu śarīrād vai nisṛtā caṃḍikā yadā
kauśikīti samasteṣu tato lokeṣu gīyate 2
(devIbhAgavata5.23.2)
   Explicit: f. [III]42v:
kālikātaṃ śarāsāraiś cichedātiśilāśitaiḥ 12 devā suprekṣyakāsta
(devIbhAgavata5.25.13)

   Work 1.4

   Locus:ff. [IV]31r-[IV]33v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 6, end of adhyāya 17, adhyāya 18, and the beginning of adhyāya 19
   Incipit: f. [IV]31r:
... jagāma viṣṇusadana vaikuṃṭhaṃ bhāskarātmajaḥ {51} Note: [TK] 10 aks. erased w/ yellow
{>bha}gavaṃdarśanākāṃkṣī {hayā}ruḍho yad [r]āgataḥ
(devIbhAgavata6.17.51cd-52ab)
   Explicit: f. [IV]33v:
... kāṃtāvirahajaṃ dukhaṃ smarāmy aham anāturaḥ{28} mama bhāryāṃ mṛtāṃ viṣṇo dakṣayajñe satī
(devIbhAgavata6.19.28bc-29ab)

   Work 1.5

   Locus:ff. [V]30r-[V]31v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 7, end of adhyāya 16?, adhyāyas 17-18, and the beginning of adhyāya 19????
   Incipit: f. [V]30r:
prāpitaḥ kilaA 52 tenaiva prītiyo(ge)na kuru me vacanaṃ nṛpa muṃce taṃ vālakaṃ dīnaṃ rudaṃtaṃ bhṛśam āturaṃ 53
(devIbhAgavata7.15.53)
   Explicit: f. [V]31v:
...4 brūhi duḥkhaṃ varārohe svasthā bhava kṛśodari
viṣa
(devIbhAgavata7.18.4bc-5a)

   Work 1.6

   Locus:ff. [VI]18r-[VI]20v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 8, end of adhyāya 20, adhyāya 21, and 38 + verses of adhyāya 22, ff| 18-20|
   Incipit: f. [VI]18r:
ātmānaṃ manyamānas san madāṃdha iva kathyate 7 evaṃ proktā sthitiś cātra
(devIbhAgavata8.19.7bc-8a)
   Explicit: f. [VI]20v:
38 ātmanā ciyujaṃty eva nāsubhiś cāpi nārada svakena karmapākenopatayaṃti ca sarvataḥ
(devIbhAgavata8.22.41ab)

   Work 1.7

   Locus:ff. [VII]64r-[VII]67 (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 9, adhyāya 32-33 and 32 + verses of adhyāya 34
   Incipit: ff. [VII]64r-[VII]64r:
sāvitry uvāca haribhaktiṃ dehim mahyaṃ sārāṇāṃ caiva sārakaṃ
puṃsāṃ muktidvāravījaṃ narakārṇavatārakaṃ 1
(devIbhAgavata9.32.1)
   Explicit: f. [VII]67:
śivaliṃgapramattānnaṃ yad dattaṃ śūdrayā jinā 32 cikitsa
(devIbhAgavata9.34.33)

   Work 1.8

   Locus:ff. [VIII]83r-[VIII]86v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 9, adhyāya 43, verse 9-end, adhyāyas 44-45 and 21 + verses of adhyāya 46
   Incipit: f. [VIII]83r:
mudā viprāś ca munisaṃtuṣṭā gatvā ca manasāṃtikaṃ 9
manasāṃ pūjayā ...
(devIbhAgavata9.43.9)
   Explicit: f. [VIII]86v:
rādhā prakopa bhītāś ca prāṇāṃs tyajati takṣaṇāt
virajā liṃ
(devIbhAgavata9.46.22)

   Work 1.9

   Locus:ff. [IX]11r-[IX]11v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 10, end of adhyāya 10 and 27 + verses of adhāya 11
   Incipit: f. [IX]11r:
saṃhāre hararūpeṇa saṃharaty eva bhūmipa
kāmadātrī mahāmāyā kālarātrir duratmayā 23
(devIbhAgavata10.9.23)
   Explicit: f. [IX]11v:
pravodham āpad eveśo
dadṛśe dānavauttamau 27 tadā tau dānavaugho rau
(devIbhAgavata10.10.28)

   Work 1.10

   Locus:ff. [X]28r-[X]30v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 11, adhyāyas 21-22 and 26 + verses of adhyāya 23
   Incipit: f. [X]28r:
... pi ca sarasvatīṃ
veda mātaram evātra sākṛtiṃ tadvad eva ca 22 saṃdhyāṃ vṛddhaāṃ tathā viṣṇurūpiṇīṃ
(devIbhAgavata11.21.22)
   Explicit: f. [X]30v:
... 26 parijñānena mucyaṃte narā pātakakilviṣaiḥ
vidhinā bhujyate yena mucyate sa ṛṇa
(devIbhAgavata10.23.27)

   Work 1.11

   Locus:ff. [XI]20r-[XI]21v (incomplete)
   Part:skandha 12, end of adhyāya 10, adhyāya 11, and 11 + verses of adhyāya 12
   Incipit: f. [XI]20r:
sarbeṣāṃ munisattama 33 dīkṣāraṃbhanimittārthaṃ daśabhāgavyavasthayā
maṃtrapūjādhikārārthaṃ homaṃ kuryāt tato paraṃ 34
(devIbhAgavata12.9.34)
   Explicit: f. [XI]21v:
evaṃ pūrṇahutiṃ tad yāt saṃbhogārtham anaṃtaraṃ 11 mokṣārthaṃ pā
(devIbhAgavata12.12.12)

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:paper
Extent:35
Dimension:16.1 x 29.8 cm
Foliation:35 leaves, foliated as follows: Part 1 -- 6 leaves, ff. 41-46 Part 2 -- 3 leaves, ff. 29-31 Part 3 -- 4 leaves, ff. 39-42 Part 4 -- 3 leaves, ff. 31-33 ; this part has no verse numbering Part 5 -- 2 leaves, ff. 30-31 Part 6 -- 3 leaves, ff. 18-20 Part 7 -- 4 leaves, ff. 64-67 Part 8 -- 4 leaves, ff. 83-86 Part 9 -- 1 leaf, f. 11 Part 10 -- 3 leaves, ff. 28-30 Part 11 -- 2 leaves, ff. 20-21
formula: I: 41-46; II: 29-31; III: 39-42; IV: 31-33; V: 30-31; VI: 18-20; VII: 64-67; VIII: 83-86; IX: 11; X: 28-30; XI: 20-21
Condition:Fragmentary manuscript. Tear on Part 5, f. 31, corner, not affecting the text.
Layout:15-22 no. of lines per page.

Decoration

Color:Mistakes covered over with yellow. Shocking orange rubbed in over colophons, introductions of speakers, and numbers.

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 -- Devibhāgavatapurāṇa -- Selections.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

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