Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2352
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1359

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–14v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:skandha 10
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. 1r–13v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 87
   Incipit: f. 1r:
parikṣid uvāca ..
brahman brahmaṇy anirdeśye nirguṇe guṇavṛttayaḥ ..
kathaṁ caranti śrutayaḥ sākṣāt sadasataḥ pare ..1..
Note:
BhP. 10.87.1
   Explicit: f. 13v:

yo !t!<'>syotprekṣaka ādimadhyani
dhane yo <'> vyaktajīveśvaro yaḥ sṛṣṭvedam anupraviṣṭa ṛṣiṇā cakre puraḥ śāsti tāḥ ..
yaṁ sampadya jahāty ajām anu
śayī suptaḥ kulāyaṁ yathā taṁ kaivalyanirastayonim abhayaṁ dhyāyed ajasraṁ harim ..50..
Note:
BhP. 10.87.50
   Final rubric: f. 13v:
itiśrībhāgava
te mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁde saptāśītitamo <'> dhyāyaḥ .. ..87.. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:f. 14r (incomplete)
   Part:adhyāya 86.56–59
   Incipit: f. 14r:

carācaram idaṁ viśvaṁ bhāvā ye cāsya hetavaḥ ..
madrūpāṇīti cetasy ādhatte vipro madīkṣayā ..56..
Note:
BhP. 10.86.56
   Explicit: f. 14r:

evaṁ svabhaktayo rājan bhagavān bhāktabhaktimān ..
uṣi
tvādiśya sanmārgaṁ punar dvāravatīm agāt ..59..
Note:
BhP. 10.86.59
   Final rubric: f. 14r:
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe maithilasadgatiprāpaṇaṁ nāma ṣaḍaśī
titamaḥ ..86..
   Colophon:None

Work 2

Locus:ff. 1r–14v (complete)
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Title:Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā
Part:ad skandha 10
Colophon:none
Note:The manuscript contains the text of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa with Śrīdharasvāmin's commentary Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā on skandha 10, adhyaya 87 on f1r-f13v. On f. 14r is found the text and commentary on 10.86.56–59, and the commentary's introduction to 10.87 again. There are minor variations between the first and second copies of the five introductory verses to 10.87. The inclusion of the text on f. 14r out of sequence cannot be explained by a misplaced folio, since the folio is attached to f. 13, nor by an addition, since it is written in the same hand. Apparently the scribe began to copy again from the incorrect location in the model manuscript or from a different manuscript.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 2.1

   Locus:ff. 1r–13v (complete)
   Part:ad skandha 10, adhyāya 87
   Incipit: f. 1r:

saptāśītitame nārāyaṇanāradavādataḥ ..
vedai<ḥ> stutir guṇālaṁbā nirguṇāvadhi<r> varṇyate ..1..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 932, 10.87 intro.

õn namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 932, 10.87 intro.


vāgī
śā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi ..
yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsi<ṁ>ham ahaṁ bhaje ..2..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 932, 10.87 intro.
   Explicit: f. 13v:

[ kuta etat kaivalyanirastayoniṁ kaivalyenāpracyutasvarūpāvasthānena nirastā tiraskṛtā yonir mūlkāraṇaṁ [?][?]a yena tam ..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 1447, ad 10.87.50

   Final rubric: f. 13v:
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe saptāśīti!t!<>tamodhyāyaḥ ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 2.2

   Locus:f. 14r (complete)
   Part:ad 10.86.56–59
   Incipit: f. 14r:

asya viśvasya hetavo bhāvāḥ mahadādayaḥ madīkṣayā ma[dai]()vasarvakṣetreyāḥ ..56..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 924, ad 10.86.56

   Explicit: f. 14r:

sanmārgaṁ satāṁ vedānāṁ ()kāṇḍakriyāṇāṁ pravṛttiprakāram ādi
śya ..59..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 928, ad 10.86.59

   Final rubric: f. 14r:
iti daśame ṣaḍaśītiḥ ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 2.3

   Locus:f. 14r (complete)
   Part:introduction to 10.87, verses 1–5
   Incipit: f. 14r:

saptāśītitame nārāyaṇanāradavādataḥ .
vedai<ḥ> stutir guṇālaṁbā nirguṇāvadhir varṇyate ..1..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 10, part 6, p. 932, 10.87 intro.
   Explicit: f. 14r:

evaṁ svabhaktayo rājan bhagavān bhaktabhaktimān ..
uṣitvādisya sanmārgaṁ puna<r> dvāravatīm agāt ..5..
Note:
BhP. 10.86.59
   Colophon:None

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:European paper.
Watermark:A large crown and some text (e.g., "BRI"), likely the same as in UPenn 2184, although the paper is here cut in the opposite direction.
Extent:14
Dimension:10.5 x 30.9 cm
Collation: Paired folios.
Formula:1–2, 3–4, ..., 13–14
Condition:Very good. There is a grease stain on f. 2
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 13–16 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text. However, on f. 14r the commentary picks up in the middle of line 8, at the end of a half line of base text.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in small bold, regular characters in cramped, wavy lines.
Additions:

Mistakes are written over, crossed through, or blotched out with black.

Decoration

Border:Two or more vertical black 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:Bhāgavatapurāṇa – 10. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. [1]rf. [1]r  
f. [1]v,f. 2rf. [1]v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. [3]rf. 2v  f. [3]r  
f. [3]v,f. 4rf. [3]v  f. 4r  
f. 4v,f. [5]rf. 4v  f. [5]r  
f. [5]v,f. 6rf. [5]v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. [7]rf. 6v  f. [7]r  
f. [7]v,f. 8rf. [7]v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. [9]rf. 8v  f. [9]r  
f. [9]v,f. 10rf. [9]v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. [11]rf. 10v  f. [11]r  
f. [11]v,f. 12rf. [11]v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. [13]rf. 12v  f. [13]r  
f. [13]v,f. [14rf. [13]v  f. [14r  
f. [14vf. [14v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

aDyAya 87:
mū:
f.1r
Line 8: parikṣid uvāca .. brahman brahmaṇy anirdeśye nirguṇe guṇavṛttayaḥ .. kathaṁ caranti śrutayaḥ sākṣāt sadasataḥ pare ..1.. [
f.13v
Line 4: yo !t!<'>syotprekṣaka ādimadhyani
Line 5: dhane yo <'> vyaktajīveśvaro yaḥ sṛṣṭvedam anupraviṣṭa ṛṣiṇā cakre puraḥ śāsti tāḥ .. yaṁ sampadya jahāty ajām anu
Line 6: śayī suptaḥ kulāyaṁ yathā taṁ kaivalyanirastayonim abhayaṁ dhyāyed ajasraṁ harim ..50..
itiśrībhāgava
Line 7: te mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁde saptāśītitamo <'> dhyāyaḥ .. ..87.. .. śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu .. cha .. cha
Commentary:
f.1r
Line 1: saptāśītitame nārāyaṇanāradavādataḥ .. vedai<ḥ> stutir guṇālaṁbā nirguṇāvadhi<r> varṇyate ..1..

õn namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ..

vāgī
Line 2: śā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi .. yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsi<ṁ>ham ahaṁ bhaje ..2.. [
f.13v
Line 1: [

[ kuta etat kaivalyanirastayoniṁ kaivalyenāpracyutasvarūpāvasthānena nirastā tiraskṛtā yonir mūlkāraṇaṁ [?][?]a yena tam ..

iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe saptāśīti!t!<>tamodhyāyaḥ .. śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu . śrī rāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma .. cha .. śrī rāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma .. cha .. śrī rāma jaya rāma ..
aDyAya 86:
mū:
f.14r
Line 4: carācaram idaṁ viśvaṁ bhāvā ye cāsya hetavaḥ .. madrūpāṇīti cetasy ādhatte vipro madīkṣayā ..56.. [
Line 6: [
evaṁ svabhaktayo rājan bhagavān bhāktabhaktimān .. uṣi
Line 7: tvādiśya sanmārgaṁ punar dvāravatīm agāt ..59..
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe maithilasadgatiprāpaṇaṁ nāma ṣaḍaśī
Line 8: titamaḥ ..86.. .. śrīgopīvallabhārpaṇam astu .. .. cha .. ..
Commentary:
f.14r
Line 1:

asya viśvasya hetavo bhāvāḥ mahadādayaḥ madīkṣayā ma[dai]()vasarvakṣetreyāḥ ..56..

sanmārgaṁ satāṁ vedānāṁ ()kāṇḍakriyāṇāṁ pravṛttiprakāram ādi
Line 2: śya ..59..

iti daśame ṣaḍaśītiḥ ..
aDyAya 87b:
Commentary:
saptāśītitame nārāyaṇanāradavādataḥ . vedai<ḥ> stutir guṇālaṁbā nirguṇāvadhir varṇyate ..1..

õn
Line 3: namo bhagavate vāsudevāya .. ..

vāgīśā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi .. yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje ..2.. saṁpra
Line 8: dāyaviśudhyarthaṁ svīyanirvaṁdhayaṁtritaḥ .. śrutismṛtimitavyā
Line 9: khyāṁ kariṣyāmi yathāmati!ḥ!<> ..3..
śrīmadbhāgavataṁ pūrvaiḥ sārataḥ sanniṣevitam . mayā tu tadupaspṛṣṭam ucchiṣṭam upacīyate ..4..

pūrvā
Line 10: dhyāyāṁtare “
evaṁ svabhaktayo rājan bhagavān bhaktabhaktimān .. uṣitvādisya sanmārgaṁ puna<r> dvāravatīm agāt ..5.. ”

.. cha .. śrīrāma ..
Record revised:22 April 2012