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 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–12v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Itihāsasamuccaya
Part:Bahulāvyāghrasaṁvāda
Incipit: f. 1v
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śarata[tya](lpa)gataṁ bhīṣmaṁ vṛddhaṁ kurupitāmahaṁ .
mūrddhnā praṇamya dharmmātmā paprachedaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraṁ .. .. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.111, Appendix I, no. 12A, line 1 )
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ..
bhagavan!na cro!<chro>tum ichāmi satyārjjavaguṇānvitaṁ .
yat prāg vahutayā proktaṁ tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 3a, 2a, 4 )
bhīṣma uvāca ..
saumya dharmmapravakṣyāmi satyavākyam anuttamaṁ .
vyāghrasya kāmarūpasya dhenvā saṁvādam uttamaṁ ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 5–6 )
Explicit: f. 11vf. 12r
nā rī vā ca puruṣāṁ vā durbhagāḥ subhago bhavet ..
āyur ārogyam aiśvaryaṁ puṇya caiva vi<va>rdhate ..117.. ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, line 458 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
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 folia
Dimension:7.8 x 15.5 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio.
   Formula:1–12
   Signatures:vahu0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin (vahulā0 on f. 7v), and rāma appears above the folio number in the lower right margin (missing on f. 1v) on the verso of each folio except the last which is numbered on the recto.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:The paper is fairly brown, and there is insect damage in the margins particularly on folios 8, 11, and 12.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and [[facs=f17v, locus=f. 12v]] reads Library University Pennsylvania.
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 [[facs=f17v, locus=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

Record history

Revised: 3 March 2012

Facsimile  (work )

Whole image     Individual pages
f. 1r     f. 1r  
f. 1v, f. 2r     f. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v, f. 3r     f. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v, f. 4r     f. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4v, f. 5r     f. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v, f. 6r     f. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v, f. 7r     f. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v, f. 8r     f. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v, f. 9r     f. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v, f. 10r     f. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v, f. 11r     f. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v, f. 12r     f. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v     f. 12v  


Transcription (text structure)

.. śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..

vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śarata[tya](lpa)gataṁ bhīṣmaṁ vṛddhaṁ kurupitāmahaṁ .
mūrddhnā praṇamya dharmmātmā paprachedaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraṁ .. .. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.111, Appendix I, no. 12A, line 1 )
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ..
bhagavan!na cro!<chro>tum ichāmi satyārjjavaguṇānvitaṁ .
yat prāg vahutayā proktaṁ tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 3a, 2a, 4 )
bhīṣma uvāca ..
saumya dharmmapravakṣyāmi satyavākyam anuttamaṁ .
vyāghrasya kāmarūpasya dhenvā saṁvādam uttamaṁ ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 5–6 )
māthure viṣaye ramye dhaṇadhānyasamākule .
tatra sānaga!ṛ!<rī> ramyā yamunātīram āśritā ..4.. ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, lines 7, 9 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
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nā rī vā ca puruṣāṁ vā durbhagāḥ subhago bhavet ..
āyur ārogyam aiśvaryaṁ puṇya caiva vi<va>rdhate ..117.. ( MBh. 13.150, Appendix I, no. 20, line 458 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
itihāsasamuccaye vahulāvyāghrasaṁvādasamāptam iti ..
śubham astu .. ..