Collection: | UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 |
Item: | 2382 |
Repository: | Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Institution: | University of Pennsylvania |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1340 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–118v |
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa |
Title: | Bhāgavatapurāṇa |
Part: | Skandha 3 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
śrīśuka uvāca .. . evam etat purā pṛṣṭo maitreyo bhagavān kila[ḥ] .. kṣattrā vanaṁ praviṣṭena tyaktvā svagṛham ṛddhimat ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 3.1.1 ) |
Explicit: |
f. 118r
ya idam anuśṛṇoti yo 'bhidhatte kapilamuner matam ātmayogaguhyaṁ .. bhagavati kṛtadhīḥ suparṇaketāv upalabhate bhagavatpadāraviṁdaṁ ..37.. ( BhP. 3.33.37 ) (Atijagatī) |
Final rubric: |
f. 118r
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe 'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ tṛṭīyaskaṁdhe kāpile!tr!<>ye trayastriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ .. |
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 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–118v |
Author: | Śrīdharasvāmin |
Part: | ad skandha 3 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
tṛtīye tu trayastriṁśad adhyāyaiḥ sargavarṇanaṁ . īśekṣayā guṇakṣobhāt sargo brahmāṁḍasaṁbhavaḥ ..1. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 3, p. 1, 3.1 intro ) (Anuṣṭubh) |
Explicit: |
f. 118r
eta<c>chravaṇakīrttanaphalam āha .. ya iti suparṇaketau garuḍadhvaje .. upalabhate prāpnoti ..37.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 3, p. 1240, ad 3.33.37 ) |
Final rubric: |
f. 118r
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyaskaṁdhe bhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīśrīdharasvā!mī!<>viracitāyāṁ trayastriṁśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. |
Colophon: | none |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Country-made paper |
Extent: | 118 folia |
Dimension: | 15.1 x 35.5 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 ( [[facs=f188r, locus=f. 188r]] ). On f. 68v the numeral quote 67 is corrected to quote 68 . |
Formula: | 1–118 |
Signatures: | bhā0 tṛ0 ṭī0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin on each folio. and rāma is written above the folio number in the lower right margin. On f. 2v bhā0 [dvi0] tṛ0 2 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin. On f. 77v ro0 is corrected to bhā0. |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Excellent. The text on f. 7r is written upside down. |
Binding: | Unbound |
Seal: | A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 118v reads Library University Pennsylvania. |
Layout: | Written in 9–13 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text. |
Hand 1: | Written in clear, bold, regular characters tilted forward in slightly wavy and tilted lines. |
Additions: |
The rubric on the front (f. 1r) and the numeral 3 on the back (f. 118v) indicating the number of the skandha are in another hand. Mistakes are covered over with yellow (e.g. f. 59r), written over, crossed or blacked out (e.g. f. 32r), or indicated by short vertical strokes at the top of the akṣara. There are marginal and interlinear additions by different hands, lengthy ones on f. 22r, f. 37v, f. 56r, f. 61r, f. 109r, f. 110r, and f. 112v. |
Color: | Double daṇḍas are written in purple, orange or, on f. 118r, in bright red. Orange powder is rubbed over numbers and some invocations, final rubrics, introductions of speakers, and other words. Yellow is used to cover mistakes. |
Border: | Triple red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page, except f. 118r. |
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. |
SubjectLC: | Puranas – Bhāgavatapurāṇa – 3. skandha. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 19th century. |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |