Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2174
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1306

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r-27v (incomplete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Rāsapañcādhyāyī
Final rubric: f. 27v:
iti bhāgavatadaśamaskaṁ!dhaṁ!<dhe> trayastriṁśo <'>dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Colophon:none
Note:Although the title Rāsapañcādhyāyī does not appear in the manuscript, it is the proper term for the group of five chapters, adhyāyas 29-33 of the tenth skandha of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, that deals with the love-play of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs called the Rāsalīlā or Rāsakrīḍā. The rubric on the cover announces, "Now the beginning of chapters included in the tenth skandha of the Bhāgavata", and the final rubric on the back cover reports the end of the 33rd adhyāya. Four folia, ff. 15-18 containing chapter 31 as well as the the end of the last verse of chapter 30 and the beginning of chapter 32 ((BhP. 10.30.44d–10.32.8a)), are missing.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. 1v–9r (complete)
   Part:ekonatriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Incipit: f. 1v:

bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ śāradotphu
llamallikāḥ ..
vīkṣya raṁtuṁ manaś cakre yogamāyām upāśri
taḥ ..1..
Note:
BhP. 10.29.1
   Final rubric: f. 9r:
iti śrībhā
gavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe ekonatriṁśo 'dhyā
yaḥ ..29..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:ff. 9r–14v (incomplete)
   Part:triṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Explicit: f. 14v:

punaḥ pulinam ā
gatya kāliṁdyāḥ kṛṣṇabhāvanāḥ ..
samavetā jaguḥ kṛṣṇaṁ ta
<d-āgamana-kāṅkṣitāḥ ..44..>
Note:
BhP. 10.30.44
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.3

   Locus:ff. 19r–21r (incomplete)
   Part:dvātriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Incipit: f. 19r:

<taṁ>
kācin netraraṁdhreṇa hṛdi kṛtya nimīlya <ca> ..
pulakāṅgy upagu
hyāste yogīvānaṁdasaṁplutaḥ ..8..
Note:
BhP. 10.32.8
   Final rubric: f. 21r:
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe da
śamaskaṁdhe dvātriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..29..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.4

   Locus:ff. 21r–27r (complete)
   Part:trayastriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ
   Explicit: f26v-f27r:

vi
krīḍitaṁ vrajavadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito <'>nuśṛṇuyā
d atha varṇayed yaḥ ..
bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛ
drogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ..40..
   Final rubric: f. 27r:
iti śrībhā
gavate mahāpuraṇe daśamaskaṁdhe trayastriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ....
..33..
   Colophon:None

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:British paper with chain lines & watermark
Watermark:On f1r-f1v, f2r-f2v, f13r-f13v, f21r-f21v is visible a crest with water at the bottom, a shield with a cross on the right, Lady Britania on the left, and a crown with a cross on top. On f23r-f23v is legible (mentioned: GWA
1810/1840 ) . On f25r-f25v is legible (mentioned: J & J T
TURKEY MILL
1810/1840 ) .
Extent:23
Dimension:10.8 x 20.1 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7–8 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

Marginal corrections on f. 5r.

Decoration

Color:The invocation on the front cover, the last invocation on f. 27r, and marginal corrections on f. 5r:
are written in red, as is either the space between double daṇḍas or the double daṇḍas themselves. It appears that the scribe included double daṇḍas in black on f. 1v–f. 2r as he wrote but ceased to do so for the rest of the manuscript, then added double daṇḍas in red but red between double daṇḍas where he had already written them in black. Mistakes are painted over with yellow, e.g. on f. 2v, f. 5v, f. 6v, f. 8v, f. 9v, f. 11v, f. 21v, f. 22v, and f. 24r.
Border:Quadruple vertical red lines border the text on the left and right margins.

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:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 1rf. 1r  
f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4v,f. 5rf. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v,f. 6rf. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. 7rf. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v,f. 8rf. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v,f. 10rf. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v,f. 12rf. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v,f. 14rf. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14vf. 14v  ???  
f. 19v,f. 20rf. 19v  f. 20r  
f. 20v,f. 21rf. 20v  f. 21r  
f. 21v,f. 22rf. 21v  f. 22r  
f. 22v,f. 23rf. 22v  f. 23r  
f. 23v,f. 24rf. 23v  f. 24r  
f. 24v,f. 25rf. 24v  f. 25r  
f. 25v,f. 26rf. 25v  f. 26r  
f. 26v,f. 27rf. 26v  f. 27r  
f. 27vf. 27v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. rāmasamartha ....
Line 2: a!thī!<tha> śrībhāgavatadaśamaskaṁ!d!<dh>āṁtargataadhyāyaprāraṁbhaḥ
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ.. aDyAya 29:
bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ śāradotphu
Line 2: llamallikāḥ .. vīkṣya raṁtuṁ manaś cakre yogamāyām upāśri
Line 3: taḥ ..1.. [
f.3r
Line 2: [ [
f.9r
Line 1: [
iti śrībhā
Line 2: gavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe ekonatriṁśo 'dhyā
Line 3: yaḥ ..29..
aDyAya 30:
[
f.14v
Line 6: [ punaḥ pulinam ā
Line 3: gatya kāliṁdyāḥ kṛṣṇabhāvanāḥ .. samavetā jaguḥ kṛṣṇaṁ ta
f. 15r:
Line 1: <d-āgamana-kāṅkṣitāḥ ..44..> aDyAya 31:
aDyAya 32:
[missing 3 leaves, Missing the end of 10.30.44d, the entire adhyāya 10.31.1–19, 10.32.1-7, and the beginning of 10.32.8a.]
f. 18v:
Line 7: <taṁ>
f.19r
Line 1: kācin netraraṁdhreṇa hṛdi kṛtya nimīlya <ca> .. pulakāṅgy upagu
Line 2: hyāste yogīvānaṁdasaṁplutaḥ ..8.. [
f.21r
Line 3: [
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe da
Line 4: śamaskaṁdhe dvātriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..29..
aDyAya 33:
f.26v
Line 6: [ vi
Line 7: krīḍitaṁ vrajavadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito <'>nuśṛṇuyā
f.27r
Line 1: d atha varṇayed yaḥ .. bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛ
Line 2: drogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ..40..
iti śrībhā
Line 3: gavate mahāpuraṇe daśamaskaṁdhe trayastriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ....
Line 4: ..33..
kāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu.... śrīrāmasamartha
f.27v
Line 1: śrī . śa iti bhāgavatadaśamaskaṁ!dhaṁ!<dhe> trayastriṁśo <'>dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Record revised:5 November 2011