Collection: | Indic Manuscripts |
Item: | 44 |
Repository: | John Hay Library |
Institution: | Brown University |
Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1300 |
Locus: | f. I:1r–V:37v |
Author: | Potana |
Title: | Bhāgavatam |
Part: | Skandha 1–5 |
Cover rubric: |
front cover
Bagavatam Books 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
Note: | The manuscript includes skandhas 1–5 of the Bhagavatapurāṇa; Skandha 5 includes the 1st and 2nd adhyāyas. |
Language: | Telugu in Telugu script |
Locus: | f. I:1r–I:32v |
Part: | Skandha 1 |
Incipit: |
f. I:1r
śrīkaivalyapadaṁbbucerulukunaiciṁttiṁccedaṁlaukaraṁkṣekāraṁbhakubhaktapālanakaḷāsaṁraṁbhakuṁdānavoṁdrekastaṁbhakukeḷilālasalasadṛgjālasaṁbhūtanā . na kñajāt bhvāṇḍkumabhku mhānnadāṅagnā ḍimabhkūna . |
Explicit: |
f. I:32r, lines 6–7
valisaṁccāritatārakaṁtarulatāvarganuvedoyite tphalapuṣpāṁkkurakārakamaṇimayaprākārakandvārakanū .. |
Final rubric: |
f. I:32r, line 7
yiṭlutanapuraṁbbuḍagga[?] .. matakokila .. |
Colophon: |
f. I:32r–f. I:32v
aṁnyasaṁstutasāhasuṁḍḍumurāriyettevadhūttamā . dhaṁnyuluṁvinapāṁccajaṁnyamurāritākhala jeṁtucetaṁnyamunbhuvanaikamānyamudvāruṇadhvanibhībhītarā . jaṁnyamunparimūchitākhaladaityadānavasainamunjaśā . śaṁkkārāpamuvīmalaṁvinijenulaṁvinijenulsvarnnābarādravyamul . śaṁkhadyaṁbbulugoṁccuvaccirididva kṣādarppitotkaṁranāpreṁkhyābhaktulavaṁśśakāhaḷamahābherigajāśvāvice . riṣūravamulullasilledanujārijū . |
Locus: | f. II:1r–II:34v |
Part: | Skandha 2 |
Incipit: |
f. II:1r, line 1
śrīmadbhaktacakoraka . somavivekābhirāmasuravinutaguṇa . stomaniralaṁkṛtāsura . rāmāśīmaṁttasīmarāghavarāmā .. va .. mahāniyyaguṇagariṣṭulagunaṁmmuniśreṣṭulaku .. |
Explicit: |
f. II:34v, line 5
nirupamaguṇajālānirmalānaṁddaśīlā duritaghanasamīrā duṣṭadaityaprahārā śaradhimadaviśoṣā cārusadbhaktapoṣā sarasijadaḷanetrā sajjanastotrapātrā |
Final rubric: |
f. II:34v, lines 5–6
<...>kalpaprakārādisūcakayu . śaunakuṁḍuviduramaitreyasaṁvvādaṁbbuceppumanisūtunaḍuguṭananukadhalaṁgguladvitiyyaskaṁ dhamusaṁpūrnamū .. ( Bhagavatamu 2, after 288, vol. 1, p. 248 ) śriśriśriśrijeyunuśriśriśri .. śrirukmiṇisatyabhāmāsametaśrimadanagopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu .. śrirāmacaṁdrāya namaḥ śrikṛṣṇāya namaḥ śrilakṣmīnṇśiṁhāya namaḥ śriśri .. |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. III:1r–f. III:105r |
Part: | Skandha 3 |
Incipit: |
f. III:1r
śrīmadbhaktacakoraka . somavivekābhirāmasuravinutaguṇa . stomaniralaṁkṛtāsura . rāmāśīmaṁttasīmarāghavarāmā .. va mahāniyyaguṇagariṣṭulagunaṁmuniśreṣṭulakunikhalapurāṇavyākhyānasahetuṁḍainasūtuṁḍḍiṭlaniye . |
Final rubric: |
f. III:105r, lines 5–6
devahūtiniryāṇaṁbbunu . kapilamahāmunitapaṁbbunakuṁjanuluyu . nanukathalaṁggala!tri!<tṛ>tiyyaskaṁdhamusaṁpūrṇamū .. <...> śrirukmiṇisatyabhāmāsametarukmiṇisatyabhāmāsametamadanagopālakṛṣṇasvāmesahāyamu |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. IV:1r–f. IV:87r |
Part: | Skandha 4 |
Incipit: |
f. IV:1r
!śri!<śrī>vilasitadharaṇītana . yāvadanasasarojavāsanavavilaśitarā . |
Explicit: |
f. IV:87r, lines 3–4
suravimatavidārī suṁddarī śambbarārī sarasavinutasūri sarvalokopahāri nirupamaguṇahārī nirmalānaṁddakārī gurusamaravihāri ghoradai[tra]tyaprahāri .. (Mālinī) |
Final rubric: |
f. IV:87r, lines 4–5
.. gadya .. < flower > .. idi śriparameśvarakaruṇākalitakavitāvirājitavicitrakesanamaṁtriputra . sahajapāṁḍḍityapotanāmātyapraṇītambaina . Bhagavatamu 4.977, vol. 2, p. 236 (Anupama: Many lines seem to be missing.) <...> <...> vāralakudakṣa < f. IV:87r is cut off on the right hand side; the preceding line is incomplete. > <pra> jāpatikumāruṁḍḍaipuṭṭuṭayunu . nāraduṁḍḍupracetaskulakupadeśaṁbbuseyuṭayuvāraluyogamārgaṁbbunaśriviṣṇunaṁgalayuṭayunanukadhalaṁggalaceturdhaskaṁ dhamu saṁpūrnamu .. (Anupama: The end of the final rubric doesn't match the TTD edition.) |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | ff. V:1r–V:37v |
Part: | Skandha 5 |
Incipit: |
f. V:1r
!śri!<śrī>sītānayanotpala . !śri!<śrī>satisahajanmatridaśasevitayāsā . vāsaprakāśajayabhāṣā surapativinutarāmacaṁdranṛpālā .. |
Explicit: |
f. V:37v, line 6
<...> <...> maṁḍḍaloddharaṇartapoṣaṇamattadaityavidāraṇa .. |
Final rubric: |
f. V:37v, lines 7–8
yidi śrīsakalasukavijanānaṁddakaraboppanāmātyaputraraṁgganāryapraṇītaṁvaina !śri!<śrī>mahābhāgavataṁbbanumahāpurāṇaṁbbunaṁddupaṁccamaskaṁdhaṁbbunabharatātmajuṁḍainasumatirājyābhiṣekaṁbbu nupāṣaṁdḍada!śar!<rśa>naṁbbunusumatiputrajaṁnmavistāraṁbbunugayuniceritrayubhūdvīpasaridadriva!ṣar!<rṣa>nabhassamudrapātāḷadiṅmarakatārakāgaṇalokasaṁsthitaṁbbununaṁnnadisarvaṁbbunudvitiyyāśvāsamū .. ( Bhagavatamu after 5.2.167, vol. 2, p. 363 ) śri . śri . śrikṛṣṇārpa!r!<>ṇamastu .. |
Colophon: | none |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Palm leaf |
Extent: | 300 folia |
Dimension: | 3.5 x 44 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | Foliated in the left margin on the recto of each folio. The thirteenth folio is erroneously numbered 14 (see f. I:14r ). No text is missing. [xxxxx PMS: The following does not agree with the formula; the position of the blank folios needs to be checked; they are not included among the images:] Blank folio between foreign skandha s one and two. |
Formula: | I: [i–ii], 1–12, 14–32; II: 1–34; III: [iii], 1–105; IV: 1–87; V: 1–37, [iv–vi] |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Good condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; occassional worm holes. Some folios have considerable fading. Folio 87 (f. IV:87r, f. IV:87v) is broken off 3.5 cm on the right with some loss of text. |
Binding: | Bound between wooden covers by means of cord and a metal peg inserted through two holes. |
Condition: | The binding is in good condition. |
Layout: | Written in 6–8 lines per page. There are only 2 lines of writing on f. I:32v, none on f. III:105v and f. IV:87v, and 6 on f. V:19v followed by flower decorations on the last mentioned folio. |
Hand 1: | xxxxx |
Additions: |
Occassionally śrī is written in the left margin. In the left margin on f. I:1r is written the following: śubham astu avighnam astu prathamaskaṁddha In the left margin on f. II:1r is written the following: śubhamastu avighnam astu śrīrāmāya nmaḥ dvitiyyaskaṁdhaṁ In the left margin on f. III:1r is written the following: śubham astu avighnam astu śrīrāmāya namaḥ bhagavataṁ tṛtiyyaskaṁdhaṁ In the left margin on f. III:17r is written daṁḍḍakaṁ. In the left margin on f. IV:1r is written the following: śubham astu avighnam astu śrīrāmā bhagavataṁ caturdha skaṁdhaṁ In the left margin on f. V:1r is written the following: śubham astu avighnam astu bhagavataṁ paṁcamaskaṁdhaṁ priyapratuni sujñāka In the left margin on f. V:20r is written the following: śubham astu avighnam astu bhagavataṁ paṁcamaskaṁdhaṁ dvitīyādhyā samu On f. V:viv is written the following: dhaṁsīkālayutaṁvaṣakākalyabdamitikathyate ṭaṭhaḍaḍhaṇatathadadha . 9 yaralavaśaṣasa 70 ka 100 yarala 2000 aṁttu 3179 saṁvvatsaramulamīdaśālīvāhanaṁpuṭṭaḍaṁ |
Illustration: | Flowers in left margins mark the line in which a final rubric occurs. |
Origin: | Unknown |
Acquisition: |
Stuart C. Sherman (1977: 79) describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows:
Indic Manuscripts A collection of fifty-three codices (not after 1800) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, Pālī grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in (A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, by Horace I. Poleman, New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1938.) Register available. Gift of Baptist missionaries to Burma, among whom was Adoniram Judson Brown Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Telugu |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |