Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2254
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1321

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 2r–48v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:Skandha 12
Incipit: f. 2r
parīkṣita uvāca ..
svadhāmānugate kṛṣṇe yaduvaṁśavibhūṣaṇe ..
kasya vaṁśo <'>bhavat pṛthvyām etad ācakva me mune .1. (Anuṣṭubh) ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 1; 12.1.1 )
śuka u0 ..
yo 'ntyaḥ puraṁjayo nāma bhaviṣyo bārahadrathaḥ ..
tasyāmātyas tu śunako hatvā svāminam ātmajaṁ ..2. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 12.1.1 )
Explicit: f. 48r
nāmasaṁkīrttanaṁ yasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .
praṇāmo duḥkhaśa(ma)nas taṁ namāmi hariṁ paraṁ ..23.. ( BhP. 12.13.23 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 48r
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvādaśaskaṁdhe sūtokte trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..13..
Colophon:none
Filiation:The eleven manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania's Collection of Indic Manuscripts, Items 2250–2254 (UPenn 2250, UPenn 2251, UPenn 2252, UPenn 2253, UPenn 2254) and 2380–2385 (UPenn 2380, UPenn 2381, UPenn 2382, UPenn 2383, UPenn 2384, UPenn 2385) constitute a set of manuscripts of all but two skandhas (skandhas 7 and 11) of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa with Śrīdharasvāmin's Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā written by the same hand.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 2 (complete)

Locus:f. 1v–48r
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 12
Incipit: f. 1v
jayaṁti śrīparaṁ[[?]]naṁdakṛpāpāṁgalasadṛśaḥ ..
yā nityam anuvarttaṁte saṁpado (')vigatā dṛśaḥ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 2, ad 12.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 48r
tam eva devatārūpeṇa gururūpeṇa ca praṇamati .
nama iti vyācacakṣe vyākhyātavān .20.1!.!<>3. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 343, ad 12.13.20 )
bhāvārthadīpikām etāṁ bhagavadbhaktavatsalām (..)
śrī<>para[mā](ā)naṁdapādābjabhṛṁgaśrīḥ śrīdharo 'karo[[?]](t) (..) (Anuṣṭubh)
svabālacapalālāpaiḥ svalīlāparinarttitaiḥ (..)
prīyatāṁ parmānaṁdanṛhariḥ sadguruḥ svayam (..) (Anuṣṭubh)
śrī<>para[mā](ā)naṁdasaṁprītyai guhyaṁ bhāgavataṁ mayā ..
tanmatenedam ākhyātaṁ na tu manmativaibhavāt .. (Anuṣṭubh) ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 343 )
Final rubric: f. 48r
iti śrībhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ dvādaśaskaṁdhe trayodaśo <'>dhyāyaḥ .. ..13..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:48 folia
Dimension:15.4 x 34.8 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. The front and back, f. 1r and f. 48v , are blank except for the additions.
   Formula:1–48
   Signatures:bhā0 dvā0 ṭī0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio, except on the last where it appears on the recto.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Good condition.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 48v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 8–15 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text.

Hands

Hand 1:Same scribe and style as UPenn 2250, UPenn 2251, UPenn 2252, UPenn 2253.
Additions:

12 prāraṁbhaḥ is written in a different hand on f. 1r, and 12 on f. 48v.

Mistakes are covered over with yellow or are written over. There are marginal corrections.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas in the base text are written in bright orange, red, or brown. Yellow is used to cover mistakes. Orange powder is rubbed in over the invocation, final rubrics, introduction of speakers, and numbers.
Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page.

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 – Bhāgavatapurāṇa – 12. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Record history

Revised: 18 April 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. 13r     f. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v, f. 14r     f. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v, f. 15r     f. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v, f. 16r     f. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v, f. 17r     f. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v, f. 18r     f. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v, f. 19r     f. 18v  f. 19r  
f. 19v, f. 20r     f. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v, f. 21r     f. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v, f. 22r     f. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v, f. 23r     f. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v, f. 24r     f. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v, f. 25r     f. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25v, f. 26r     f. 25v  f. 26r  
f. 26v, f. 27r     f. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27v, f. 28r     f. 27v  f. 28r  
f. 28v, f. 29r     f. 28v  f. 29r  
f. 29v, f. 30r     f. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30v, f. 31r     f. 30v  f. 31r  
f. 31v, f. 32r     f. 31v  f. 32r  
f. 32v, f. 33r     f. 32v  f. 33r  
f. 33v, f. 34r     f. 33v  f. 34r  
f. 34v, f. 35r     f. 34v  f. 35r  
f. 35v, f. 36r     f. 35v  f. 36r  
f. 36v, f. 37r     f. 36v  f. 37r  
f. 37v, f. 38r     f. 37v  f. 38r  
f. 38v, f. 39r     f. 38v  f. 39r  
f. 39v, f. 40r     f. 39v  f. 40r  
f. 40v, f. 41r     f. 40v  f. 41r  
f. 41v, f. 42r     f. 41v  f. 42r  
f. 42v, f. 43r     f. 42v  f. 43r  
f. 43v, f. 44r     f. 43v  f. 44r  
f. 44v, f. 45r     f. 44v  f. 45r  
f. 45v, f. 46r     f. 45v  f. 46r  
f. 46v, f. 47r     f. 46v  f. 47r  
f. 47v, f. 48r     f. 47v  f. 48r  
f. 48v     f. 48v  


Transcription (text structure)


Mūla:
parīkṣita uvāca ..
svadhāmānugate kṛṣṇe yaduvaṁśavibhūṣaṇe ..
kasya vaṁśo <'>bhavat pṛthvyām etad ācakva me mune .1. (Anuṣṭubh) ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 1; 12.1.1 )
śuka u0 ..
yo 'ntyaḥ puraṁjayo nāma bhaviṣyo bārahadrathaḥ ..
tasyāmātyas tu śunako hatvā svāminam ātmajaṁ ..2. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 12.1.1 )
<...>
<...>
nāmasaṁkīrttanaṁ yasya sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .
praṇāmo duḥkhaśa(ma)nas taṁ namāmi hariṁ paraṁ ..23.. ( BhP. 12.13.23 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvādaśaskaṁdhe sūtokte trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..13..
.. śubhaṁ bhavatu ..
.. śrīr astu ..

Commentary:
.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..
jayaṁti śrīparaṁ[[?]]naṁdakṛpāpāṁgalasadṛśaḥ ..
yā nityam anuvarttaṁte saṁpado (')vigatā dṛśaḥ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 2, ad 12.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
uktas trayodaśādhyāyair dvādaśe tv āśrayaḥ sataḥ ..
adhiṣṭhānāvadhitvā(bhyā)m āśrayaś ceśvaraḥ svataḥ ..2.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 2, ad 12.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
tam eva devatārūpeṇa gururūpeṇa ca praṇamati .
nama iti vyācacakṣe vyākhyātavān .20.1!.!<>3. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 343, ad 12.13.20 )
bhāvārthadīpikām etāṁ bhagavadbhaktavatsalām (..)
śrī<>para[mā](ā)naṁdapādābjabhṛṁgaśrīḥ śrīdharo 'karo[[?]](t) (..) (Anuṣṭubh)
svabālacapalālāpaiḥ svalīlāparinarttitaiḥ (..)
prīyatāṁ parmānaṁdanṛhariḥ sadguruḥ svayam (..) (Anuṣṭubh)
śrī<>para[mā](ā)naṁdasaṁprītyai guhyaṁ bhāgavataṁ mayā ..
tanmatenedam ākhyātaṁ na tu manmativaibhavāt .. (Anuṣṭubh) ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 12, p. 343 )
iti śrībhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ dvādaśaskaṁdhe trayodaśo <'>dhyāyaḥ .. ..13..
.. rāmaḥ ..