Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2250
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1317

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1v–58r
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:Skandha 8
Incipit: f. 1v
.. rājovāca ..
svāyaṁbhuvasyeha guro vaṁśo <'>yaṁ vistarā<c> chrutaḥ ..
yatra viśvasṛjāṁ sargo manūn anyān vadasva naḥ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 8.1.1 )
Explicit: f. 58r
pralayapayasi dhātuḥ suptaśakter mukhebhyaḥ
śrutigaṇam apanītaṁ pratyupādatta hatvā ..
ditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratā[[?]](nāṁ)
tam aham akhilahetuṁ jihmamīnaṁ nato <'>smi 62.. ( BhP. 8.24.61 ) (Mālinī)
Final rubric: f. 58r
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṁsyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ aṣṭamaskaṁdhe bhagavato matsyāvatāracaritānuvarṇane caturviṁśatimo <'>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–58v
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 8
Incipit: f. 1v
õ namaḥ śrīparamahaṁsāsvāditacaraṇakama(la)cinmakaraṁdāya nakrajanamānasaṁnivāsāya śrīrāmāya .. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 8, p. 2, 8.1 intro. )
athāṣṭame caturviṁśatyadhyāyair manuvarṇanaṁ (.)
(ta)tsutair ṛṣideveṁdrair mūrttibhiś ca hareḥ saha ..1. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 8, p. 2, 8.1 intro, verse 1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 58r
satyavratānāṁ satya!vra!<>vratasya ṛṣīṇāṁ ca chatriṇo gachaṁtītival liṁgasamavāyād bahuvacanaṁ ..
jihmamīnaṁ māyāmatsyaṁ ..62.. Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 8, p. 560, ad 8.24.61
Final rubric: f. 58r
.. itiśrībhāgavate bhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ aṣṭamaskaṁdhe caturviṁśo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:58 folia
Dimension:15.3 x 35.1 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. 58r ), and f. 4v and f. 25v , which are missing the number in the upper left margin. The front and back, f. 1r and f. 58v , are blank except for the additions.
   Formula:1–58
   Signatures:bhā0 a0 ṭī0 on f. 1vf. 34v and f. 58r, or bhā0 a0 on f. 35vf. 57v, appears above the folio number in the upper left margin, except on f. 4v where no signature appears.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Good condition with browned left and right edges.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 58v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 11–14 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text.

Hands

Hand 1:Same scribe and style as UPenn 2251, UPenn 2252, UPenn 2253, UPenn 2254.
Additions:

8 prāraṁbhaḥ is written in a different hand on f. 1r, and 8 on f. 58v.

Mistakes are covered over with yellow. There are marginal corrections.

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas in the base text are written in red or bright orange. Yellow is used to cover mistakes. 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 – 8. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Record history

Revised: 16 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. 52r     f. 51v  f. 52r  
f. 52v, f. 53r     f. 52v  f. 53r  
f. 53v, f. 54r     f. 53v  f. 54r  
f. 54v, f. 55r     f. 54v  f. 55r  
f. 55v, f. 56r     f. 55v  f. 56r  
f. 56v, f. 57r     f. 56v  f. 57r  
f. 57v, f. 58r     f. 57v  f. 58r  
f. 58v     f. 58v  


Transcription (text structure)


Mūla:
.. rājovāca ..
svāyaṁbhuvasyeha guro vaṁśo <'>yaṁ vistarā<c> chrutaḥ ..
yatra viśvasṛjāṁ sargo manūn anyān vadasva naḥ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 8.1.1 )
<...>
<...>
pralayapayasi dhātuḥ suptaśakter mukhebhyaḥ
śrutigaṇam apanītaṁ pratyupādatta hatvā ..
ditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratā[[?]](nāṁ)
tam aham akhilahetuṁ jihmamīnaṁ nato <'>smi 62.. ( BhP. 8.24.61 ) (Mālinī)
iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṁsyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ aṣṭamaskaṁdhe bhagavato matsyāvatāracaritānuvarṇane caturviṁśatimo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..

Commentary:
.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
õ namaḥ śrīparamahaṁsāsvāditacaraṇakama(la)cinmakaraṁdāya nakrajanamānasaṁnivāsāya śrīrāmāya .. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 8, p. 2, 8.1 intro. )
athāṣṭame caturviṁśatyadhyāyair manuvarṇanaṁ (.)
(ta)tsutair ṛṣideveṁdrair mūrttibhiś ca hareḥ saha ..1. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 8, p. 2, 8.1 intro, verse 1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
satyavratānāṁ satya!vra!<>vratasya ṛṣīṇāṁ ca chatriṇo gachaṁtītival liṁgasamavāyād bahuvacanaṁ ..
jihmamīnaṁ māyāmatsyaṁ ..62.. Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 8, p. 560, ad 8.24.61

.. itiśrībhāgavate bhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ aṣṭamaskaṁdhe caturviṁśo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..
.. śrīrāmaḥ ..