Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2180
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1392

Contents

Work 1

Locus:f1r-f1v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatalakṣaṇa
Part:11.2.45–55
Incipit: f. 1r:

sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ paśyed bhagavadbhāvam ātmanaḥ .
bhūtāni bhaga
vaty ātmany eṣa bhāgavatottamaḥ . 1
Note:
BhP. 11.2.45
Explicit: f. 1v:

visṛjati hṛdayaṁ na yasya sākṣād dharir avaśā()hito py a
ghaughanāśaḥ .
praṇayaraśanayā dhṛtāṁghripadmaḥ sa bhavati bhāgavatapradhāna uktaḥ
Note:
BhP. 11.2.55
Final rubric:none
Colophon:none
Note:An added title in the center of the top margin of f. 1r identifies the text as the Bhāgavatalakṣaṇa, which consists of the speech by the sage Havi that closes the second chapter of the eleventh skandha of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (BhP. 11.2.45–55). The text, though a short excerpt, is therefore complete in spite of the fact that it lacks a final rubric or colophon, as Levitt's remark that the manuscript, "lacks an end" must intend.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Blue European paper with chain lines.
Extent:1
Dimension:10.7 x 20.3 cm
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 10 lines on f. 1r and five on f. 1v.

Hands

Additions:

In the center of the top margin is added the title “bhāgavatalakṣaṇa” .

There are a few marginal corrections.

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
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.1r
Line 1: śrīrāmāya namaḥ . sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ paśyed bhagavadbhāvam ātmanaḥ . bhūtāni bhaga
Line 2: vaty ātmany eṣa bhāgavatottamaḥ . 1
īśvare tadadhīneṣu bāliśeṣu dviṣatsu [ca] prema
Line 3: maitrī kṛpopekṣā yaḥ karoti sa madhyamaḥ 2
arcāyām eva haraye pūjāṁ yaḥ śra
Line 4: ddhayehate . na tat bhakteṣu cānyeṣu sa bhaktaḥ prākṛta smṛtaḥ .3 [
f.1v
Line 4: [ visṛjati hṛdayaṁ na yasya sākṣād dharir avaśā()hito py a
Line 5: ghaughanāśaḥ . praṇayaraśanayā dhṛtāṁghripadmaḥ sa bhavati bhāgavatapradhāna uktaḥ
Record revised:12 April 2012