Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2251
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1318

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–51v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:Skandha 9
Incipit: f. 1v
rajovāca .. ..
maṁnvaṁtarāṇi sarvāṇi tvayoktāni śrutāni me ..
vīryāṇy anantavīryasyahares tatra kṛtāni ca ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 9.1.1 )
Explicit: f. 51r
pṛthvyāḥ sa vai gurubharaṁ kṣapayankurūṇām
antaḥsamutthakalinā yudhi bhūpacamvaḥ ..
dṛṣṭyā vidhūya vijaye jayam udvighuṣya
procyoddhavāya ca paraṁ samagāt svadhāma ..67.. ( BhP. 9.24.67 ) (Vasantatilakā)
Final rubric: f. 51r
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe navamaskaṁdhe pāramahaṁsyāṁ !sahiṁ!<saṁhi>tāyāṁ yaduvaṁśānuk!i!<ī>rttanaṁ nāma caturviṁśo 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

Work 2 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–51v
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 9
Incipit: f. 1v
.. guṇā yaṁ guṇatāvāptyai vṛṇate karuṇānidhiṁ ..
tam ahaṁ śaraṇaṁ yāmi paramānaṁdamādhavaṁ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 9, p. 1, ad 9.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
triguṇāṣṭabhir adhyāyair vaivasvatasutānvayaḥ ..
navame kṛṣṇasatk[i](ī)rttiprasaṁgāya vitanyate ..2.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 9, p. 1, ad 9.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 51r
aṁtaḥ samutthena kalinā nimittena gurubhāraṁ kṣapayan .
dṛṣṭyaiva bhūpacamūr vidhūya vijaye jayaṁ
.. arjunena jitam
ity evamudghoṣaṁ kṛtvā paraṁ ta<t>tvam uddhavāyopadiśya svadhāma samyaksvenaiva rūpeṇa jagāmeti ..67.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 9, p. 536, ad 9.24.67 )
Final rubric: f. 51r
.. iti śrībhāgavate bhāvārthadīpikā[ṁ]yāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ navamaskaṁdhe catu<r>viṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:51 folia
Dimension:15.3 x 35.3 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 ( f. 51r ). The front and back, f. 1r and f. 51v , are blank except for the additions.
   Formula:1–51
   Signatures:bhā0 na0 ṭī0 on f. 1vf. 31v, f. 50v, and f. 51r, or bhā0 na0 on f. 32vf. 49v, appears above the folio number in the upper left margin.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Good condition with browned edges. Frayed left and right edges on f. 1.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 51v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:12–14 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 2252, UPenn 2253, UPenn 2254.
Additions:

9 prāraṁbhaḥ is written in a different hand on f. 1r, and 9 on f. 51v.

Mistakes are covered over with yellow or written over. There are marginal corrections and lengthy additions, e.g. on f. 47v.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas in the base text are written in red or bright orange. Mistakes are covered over with yellow. Orange powder is rubbed in over the invocation, final rubrics, introduction of speakers, and numbers.
Border:Vertical double black lines traced over in red 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 – 9. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Record history

Revised: 17 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. 49r     f. 48v  f. 49r  
f. 49v, f. 50r     f. 49v  f. 50r  
f. 50v, f. 51r     f. 50v  f. 51r  
f. 51v     f. 51v  


Transcription (text structure)


Mūla:
.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..

rajovāca .. ..
maṁnvaṁtarāṇi sarvāṇi tvayoktāni śrutāni me ..
vīryāṇy anantavīryasyahares tatra kṛtāni ca ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 9.1.1 )
<...>
<...>
pṛthvyāḥ sa vai gurubharaṁ kṣapayankurūṇām
antaḥsamutthakalinā yudhi bhūpacamvaḥ ..
dṛṣṭyā vidhūya vijaye jayam udvighuṣya
procyoddhavāya ca paraṁ samagāt svadhāma ..67.. ( BhP. 9.24.67 ) (Vasantatilakā)
.. ..

iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe navamaskaṁdhe pāramahaṁsyāṁ !sahiṁ!<saṁhi>tāyāṁ yaduvaṁśānuk!i!<ī>rttanaṁ nāma caturviṁśo dhyāyaḥ ..
.. śrīrāmaḥ .


Commentary:
.. guṇā yaṁ guṇatāvāptyai vṛṇate karuṇānidhiṁ ..
tam ahaṁ śaraṇaṁ yāmi paramānaṁdamādhavaṁ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 9, p. 1, ad 9.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
triguṇāṣṭabhir adhyāyair vaivasvatasutānvayaḥ ..
navame kṛṣṇasatk[i](ī)rttiprasaṁgāya vitanyate ..2.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 9, p. 1, ad 9.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
aṁtaḥ samutthena kalinā nimittena gurubhāraṁ kṣapayan .
dṛṣṭyaiva bhūpacamūr vidhūya vijaye jayaṁ
.. arjunena jitam
ity evamudghoṣaṁ kṛtvā paraṁ ta<t>tvam uddhavāyopadiśya svadhāma samyaksvenaiva rūpeṇa jagāmeti ..67.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 9, p. 536, ad 9.24.67 )
.. iti śrībhāgavate bhāvārthadīpikā[ṁ]yāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ navamaskaṁdhe catu<r>viṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..
.. śrīrāma .