Collection: | UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 |
Item: | 2298 |
Repository: | Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Institution: | University of Pennsylvania |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1322 |
Locus: | f. 1r–73r |
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa |
Title: | Bhāgavatapurāṇa |
Part: | Skandha 1 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ tene brahma hṛdā ya ādikavaye muhyaṁ(ti) yat sūrayaḥ .. tejovārimṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo <'>mṛṣā dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi ..1.. ( BhP. 1.1.1 ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita) |
Explicit: |
f. 73r
sūta uvāca evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā ślakṣṇayā girā .. pratyabhāṣata dharmajño bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ ..40.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 1.19.40 ) |
Final rubric: |
f. 73r
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe paramahaṁsyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ prathamaskaṁdhe sukāgamanaṁ nāma ekonaviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ .. ..19.. |
Colophon: | none |
Filiation: | The eight manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania's Collection of Indic Manuscripts, Items 2298–2305 (UPenn 2298, UPenn 2299, UPenn 2300, UPenn 2301, UPenn 2302, UPenn 2303, UPenn 2304, UPenn 2305) constitute a set of manuscripts of several skandhas of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa with Śrīdharasvāmin's Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā written by the same hand. |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Locus: | ff. 1r–73v |
Author: | Śrīdharasvāmin |
Part: | ad skandha 1 |
Incipit: |
f. 1r
õ namaḥ śrīmatparamahaṁsāsvāditacaraṇakamalacinmakaraṁdaya bhaktajanamānasanivāsāya śrīṇāmacaṁdrāya .. vāgīśā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 1, ad 1.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh) |
Explicit: |
f. 73r
evam aho ityādikayā ślakṣṇayā madhurayā girā ābhāṣito 'bhimukhīkṛtaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca ..40.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, ad 1.19.40 ) āryaṁ dharmajam āhatārim avanau kṛtvā parīkṣin nṛpaṁ brahmāstrād abhirakṣitaṁ kalijayakhyātaṁ ca kṛtvā bhuvi . aṁte yaḥ śukarūpataḥ svaparamajñānopadeśena taṁ śāpād āvadamu namāmi paramānaṁdākṛtiṁ mādhavam ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, 1.19 final verse ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita) |
Final rubric: |
f. 73r
.. iti śrībhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ prathamaskaṁdhe ekonaviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ.. .. |
Colophon: | none |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Country-made paper |
Extent: | 73 folia |
Dimension: | 17 x 40 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. 73r ). The front and back, f. 1r and f. 73v , are blank except for the addition on the back. |
Formula: | 1–73 |
Signatures: | bhā0 pra0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin and rāmaḥ above the folio number in the lower right margin, except that the latter is missing on f. 13v, f. 39v, f. 58v, f. 66v, and f. 70v. |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Very good. The edges of the first few folios are frayed and there are water stains in the left margin on the first thirty folios. |
Binding: | Unbound |
Seal: | A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 73v reads Library University Pennsylvania. |
Layout: | Written in 11–15 lines per page. |
Hand 1: | Written in clear, bold, regular characters tilted forward in straight lines. |
Additions: |
The numeral 1 is written in a different hand on the back, i.e. on f. 73v, indicating the number of the skandha. Mistakes are covered over with Yellow, crossed through with black, written over, or indicated by short vertical strokes above the syllable in question. There are marginal corrections. |
Color: | Yellow is used to cover mistakes. |
Border: | Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. |
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 – 1. skandha. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 19th century. |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |