Collection: | Indic Manuscripts |
Item: | 32 |
Repository: | John Hay Library |
Institution: | Brown University |
Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 824 |
Locus: | (upper foliation scheme) ff. 1r–124v | ||
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa | ||
Title: | Mahābhārata | ||
Part: | Udyogaparvan | ||
Cover rubric: |
front cover
| ||
Incipit: |
(upper foliation scheme) f. 1r, line 1
!ve!<vai>śaṁpāyanaḥ . kṛtvā vivāhaṁ tu kuru pravīrās tadābhimanyor muditās sapakṣāḥ <...> (Triṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.1.1ab ) | ||
Explicit: |
(upper foliation scheme) f. 124v, line 12
<...> nyavādayantas saṁhṛṣṭās sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ ( MBh. 5.197.21cd ) (Anuṣṭubh) | ||
Final rubric: |
(upper foliation scheme) f. 124v, line 13
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrikāyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyāśikyām udyogaparvaṇi pāṇḍavayuddhasannāhe nāma dvyottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | ||
Colophon: | none | ||
Language: | Sanskrit in Telugu script |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Palm leaf |
Extent: | 125 folia |
Dimension: | 5.5 x 51 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | There are two sets of numbers in Telugu script, one above the other in the left margin on the recto of each folio, starting on f. 2r . The numbering set in the upper corner of the left margin is in a newer ink and is unetched. There is one blank folio which was not imaged. |
Formula: | (upper) [i], 1–124 |
Foliation: | The numbering set in the middle of the left margin is in the original hand and is etched and inked. |
Formula: | (lower) [i], 221–344 |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Very good condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; occassional worm holes that can create lacunae. Completely inked. |
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 11–12 lines per page. |
Hand 1: | The scribe was a devotee of Kṛṣṇa and Rāma as the closing salutation on (upper foliation scheme) f. 124v, line 12 witnesses. |
Additions: |
bhaumakaḥ and viśvakarmā are written in the left margin on (upper foliation scheme) f. 45r. śrīrāma is written in the left margin on (upper foliation scheme) f. 53r. Text is crossed out on (upper foliation scheme) f. 124r. |
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: | Mahābhārata |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 18th century |
SubjectSL: | Mahābhārata |
Sanscrit Mahabharata.
5. Udyoga Parvam |
saṁskṛtamahābhāratamu
5. udyoga parvamu |