Collection: | UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 |
Item: | 2300 |
Repository: | Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Institution: | University of Pennsylvania |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1324 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–118v |
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa |
Title: | Bhāgavatapurāṇa |
Part: | Skandha 3 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
śrīśuka uvāca .. .. evam etat purā pṛṣṭo maitreyo bhagavān kila .. kṣattrā vanaṁ praviṣṭena tyaktvā svagṛham ṛddhimat ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 3.1.1 ) |
Explicit: |
f. 118r
ya idam anuśṛṇoti yo 'bhidhatte kapila-muner matam ātmayogaguhyaṁ .. bhagavati kṛtadhīḥ suparṇaketāv upalabhate bhagavatpad[a](ā)raviṁdaṁ ..37.. ( BhP. 3.33.37 ) (Puṣpitāgrā) |
Final rubric: |
f. 118r
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyaskaṁdhe kapileye trayastriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ ..33.. |
Colophon: | none |
Filiation: | The eight manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania's Collection of Indic Manuscripts, Items 2298–2305 (UPenn 2298, UPenn 2299, UPenn 2300, UPenn 2301, UPenn 2302, UPenn 2303, UPenn 2304, UPenn 2305) constitute a set of manuscripts of several skandhas of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa with Śrīdharasvāmin's Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā written by the same hand. |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Locus: | ff. 1r–118v |
Author: | Śrīdharasvāmin |
Part: | ad skandha 3 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
tṛtīye tu trayas triṁśad adhyāyaiḥ sargavarṇanam .. ī(śe)kṣ[e](a)yā guṇa[bhā]kṣo(bhā)t sargo brahmāṁḍasaṁbhavaḥ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 3, p. 1, 3.1 intro ) (Anuṣṭubh) |
Explicit: |
f. 118r
eta<c>chravaṇakīrttanaphala!p!m āha ya iti . suparṇaketaugaruḍadhvaje . upalabhate prāpnoti ..37.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 3, p. 1240, ad 3.33.37 ) |
Final rubric: |
f. 118r
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe tṛtī(ya)skaṁdhe bhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracit[o](ā)yāṁ trayastriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ .. .. |
Colophon: | none |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Country-made paper |
Extent: | 118 folia |
Dimension: | 17 x 40 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio, except the last which is numbered on the recto ( f. 118r ). The front and back, f. 1r and f. 118v , are blank except for the additions. |
Formula: | 1–118 |
Signatures: | bhā0 tṛ0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin on each folio. |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Very good with minor water stains in the lower right margin throughout. |
Binding: | Unbound |
Seal: | A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 118v reads Library University Pennsylvania. |
Layout: | Written in 11–15 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text. |
Hand 1: | Written in clear, bold, regular characters tilted forward in straight lines. |
Additions: |
The numeral 3 is written in a different hand on the front and back, i.e. on f. 1r and f. 118v, indicating the number of the skandha. Mistakes covered over with yellow, written over, or indicated by short vertical strokes above the syllable in question. There are a few marginal corrections. |
Color: | Yellow is used to cover mistakes. |
Border: | Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. |
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. |
SubjectLC: | Puranas – Bhāgavatapurāṇa – 3. skandha. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 19th century. |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |