Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:Indic Manuscripts
Item:46
Repository:John Hay Library
Institution:Brown University
Location:Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1302

Contents

Work 1

Locus:f. ?-? (incomplete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:bhāgavatapurāṅa
Part:skandha 10, pūrva
Incipit: f. 1r, lines 1-3:
śrīkaṃṭhacāpakhaṃḍḍana | pākāripramukhavinutabhaṃḍḍanavilasa | tkākusdhavaṃśśamaṃḍḍana | rākeṃdduyaśoviśāla
rāmanyavālā || va || mamāniyyanuṇagariṣṭhulagunaṃmmuniśreṣṭhulakunikhilapurāṇavyākhyānavaikharīsame
tuṃḍainasūtuṃḍḍiṭlaniye |
Note: first verse of the daśamaskaṃdha of the Potana Bhagavatamu
Explicit: f. 121r, line 2:
rukmiṇīkalyāṇaṃbbunu |
Note: variation of the last verse of the uttarabhāgamu of the daśamaskaṃdhamu of the Potanna Bhagavatamu.
Final rubric: f. 121r, line 2:
nanukadhalaṃgaladaśamaskaṃddhaṃbunaṃddupūrvabhāgaṃsaṃpūrṇaṃ ||
Colophon: f. 121r, lines 2-3:
śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu śrīmaṃggaḷamahā śrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrī jjeyunū
śrīmaṃggaḷamahā śrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrījjeyunū
Language:Telugu in Telugu script

Work 2

Locus:f. ?-? (complete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:bhāgavatapurāṅa
Part:skandha 10, uttara
Incipit: f. 122r, lines 1-3:
śrīkṛṣṇāyanamaḥ || śrīkarapariśoṣitara | tnākarakamaniyyaguṇagaṇakarakāru | ṇyakarabhīkaraśaradhā | rākaṃ
ppitadānaveṃdrarāmanareṃdrā || ma || mahaniyaguṇagariṣṭhulagunammunikhilapurāṇavyākhyā
navaikharīsametuṃḍainasūtuṃḍḍiṭlaniye |
Note: variation of the first verse of the uttarabhāgamu of the daśamaskaṃdhamu of the Potanna Bhagavatamu.
Explicit: f. 227r, lines 3-4:
yādavavvaṣṇibhojāṃddhakavaśśaca
ritraṃbbunu |
Final rubric: f. 227r, line 4:
nanukadhalaṃgaladaśamaskaṃddhaṃbunaṃdduluttarabhāgaṃsaṃpūrnaū ||
Colophon: f. 227r, line 4:
śrīrukmiṇīsatyabhāmāsametaśrīmadanagopālasvāminenamaḥ || ||śrīmaṃggaḷamahāśrīśrīśrīśrīśrījjeyunū
Language:Telugu in Telugu script

Work 3

Locus:f. ?-? (complete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:bhāgavatapurāṅa
Part:skandha 11
Incipit: f. 228r, lines 1-2:
śrīsītāvallabhalaṃ | kkāsurasaṃhāradevatārādhitavā | ṇīsatiramaṇārcitavṛ |
trāsuramadaharaṇavinutarāmanṛpālā ||
Note: first verse of the ekādaśaskaṃdhamu of the Potanna Bhagavatamu
Explicit: f. 250r, line 6:
surabhayaparihartāsūricetovihartā ||
Final rubric: f. 250r, lines 6-7:
yidiśrīparameśvarakaruṇakalitakavitāvicitrakesanamaṃtriputrasahajapāṃḍḍi
tyapotanāmātyapraṇitaṃbbainaśrīmahābhāgavataṃbbunumahāpurāṇaṃbbunaṃddukṛṣṇuṃḍḍubhūbhāraṃbbuvāpiyādavulakanyonyavairaṃbulugalpiṃccivāralaha
Colophon: f. 250v, line 4:
śrīmaṃggaḷamahāśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrīśrījjeyunū ||
Language:Telugu in Telugu script

Work 4

Locus:f. ?-? (complete)
Author:kṛṣṇa dvaipāyana vyāsa
Title:bhāgavatapurāṅa
Part:skandha 12
Incipit: f. 251r, lines 1-2:
śrīmarudaśamapatiṣinuta | kāmitamunirājayogakalpaphalodya | ddāmaghanajanakavaranyapa | jāmā
trigrasararāmacaṃdrasvapālā ||
Note: variation of the first verse of the dvādaśaskaṃdhamu of the Potanna Bhagavatamu.
Explicit: f. 261r, line 1:
prakāraṃbbulaṃggalaceritraṃbbulunu |
Final rubric: f. 261r, line 1:
nanukadhalaṃggaladvādaśaskaṃddhaṃsaṃpūrṇaṃ ||
Colophon:SrIkfzRArpaRamastu SrImaMgaLamahASrISrISrISrI
f. ?:
SrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrISrIjeyunU .. jayanAmasaMvatsaraSrAvaRa?3lavarku AnavAla
subbarAyuqusoMttaggAvrAsukUnnadi ..
Language:Telugu in Telugu script

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:palm leaf
Extent:269
Dimension:3.8 x 43.2 cm
Foliation: formula: [i-vi], 1-261, [viii]
Condition:Good condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; occassional worm holes; Some folios have considerable fading. Complete; From folio 228 to end, etched but not inked.
Binding: Wooden covers with tying cord and a metal peg through lateral holes
Condition: good.
Layout:

Text written only in center between two binding holes 2 large flowers on outer side of both binding holes folio 1r & v

Only 3 lines of writing on folio 4th line made up of 7 flowers folio 121r

Blank folio folio 121v

Writing only in mid center between binding holes folio 122r & v

Only 4 lines of text folio 227r

Blank folio folio 227v

Text written only in center between binding holes folio 228r & v

Only 4 lines of text folio 250v

Text written only in center between binding holes folio 251r & v

Only 2 1/2 lines of text folio 261r

Blank folio folio 261v

Hands

Additions:

Occassional “śrī” written in left margin

Note in left margin: “śrīrāmā ||” “śubhamastu ||” “avighnamastu” “daśamaskaṃdhaṃ” folio 1r

Note in left margin: “devakī” (lacunae due to worm holes) “vāha” (lacunae due to worm holes) folio 2v

Note in left margin: “balarāma” “jananaṃ” folio 5r

Note in left margin: “kṛṣṇāva” “tāraṃ” folio 5v

Note in left margin, black ink, unetched: illegible markings 7 “ā” 57 folio 6r

Note in left margin: “ghoṣapra” “veśaṃ ||” folio 9v

Note in left margin: “yogamā” “yācaritaṃ ||” folio 10r

Note in left margin: “naṃdduputro” “tsavaṃ ||” folio 11v

Note in left margin: “pūtanāsaṃ” “hvātaṃ ||” folio 13v

Note in left margin: “śagaṭāgu” “ravaḷa ||” folio 16r

Note in left margin: “tvaṇrttu” “vaḍa ||” folio 16v

Note in left margin: “garggāga” “manaṃ ||” folio 17v

Note in left margin: Illegible marking in black ink, unetched “bālakrī” “ḍayu ||” folio 18r

Note in left margin: “nalakūjara” “maṇigrīva” “śāpavimo” “canaṃ ||” folio 22v

Note in left margin: ? “vaṃddāvana” “gaṃhvaraṃ ||” folio 25r

Note in left margin: “vatsāsu” “ravadha ||” Following 2 lines with lacunae due to worm holes ? “ka|su” ?? “dha ||” folio 26r

Note in left margin: “āghāsura” “vadha ||” folio 27v

Note in left margin: “brahmavatsa” “bālakuladā” “yaṃ ||” folio 29r

Note in left margin: “brahmavi” “nutiyu” folio 32r

Note in left margin: “dhenukāsu” “ravadha ||” folio 38r

Note in left margin: “kāḷiyyu” “marddanaṃ ||” folio 39r

Note in left margin: “grīṣmavarna” “na ||” folio 45v

Note in left margin: “pralaṃcvā” “suravadha ||” folio 46v

Note in left margin: Lacuna due to worm holes “gārci” ? “u” “mriṃgguṭa” folio 47v

Note in left margin: “varuṣākā” lacuna due to worm hole ? “varnana ||” folio 48r

Note in left margin: “śaratkāla” “varnana ||” folio 49v

Note in left margin: “viprabhārya” “luvaccuṭa” folio 55v

Note in left margin: “byaṃṭṭāvana” “mukunaṃddu” “ṭuvaccuṭa” folio 57r

Note in left margin: “śrīrāma” folio 58r

Note in left margin: “hariyā” “gaṃśiyuṭa” folio 58v

Note in left margin: lacuna due to worm holes “yiṃdruḍu” “naruṣaṃku” ? “pi” ? “ccuṭa” folio 59r

Note in left margin: “govardhanagi” “riyittuṭa” folio 60v

Note in left margin: “deveṃdru” “ḍuvaccu” “ṭa ||” folio 61v

Note in left margin: “varuṇapaṭnaṃ” “povuṭa ||” folio 62r

Note in left margin: “rākācaṃ” “drodaya” “veṇunādaṃ ||” folio 63r

Note in left margin: “gopikalu” “kṛṣṇuveta” “kuṭa ||” “gopikā” “gītalu” folio 65v

Note in left margin: “hariprasaṃ” “nnatayu” folio 69r

Note in left margin: “rāsakrī” “ḍa ||” folio 70v

Note in left margin: “harijala” “krīḍalāḍu” “ṭa ||” folio 73v

Note in left margin: “sudarśana” “śāpavimo” “canaṃ ||” folio 75r

Note in left margin: “śaṃkhkcū” “ḍavadha ||” folio 75v

Note in left margin: “guṃhyaka” “vadha ||” folio 76r

Note in left margin: “vṛṣabhāsu” “ravadha ||” folio 77r

Note in left margin: “nāraduṃḍu” “balarviṣṇula” “vṛttātaṃśe” “ppuṭa ||” folio 77v

Note in left margin: “akṝrunimaṃ” “ddaku aṃppiṃccu” “ṭa ||” folio 78r

Note in left margin: “śrīrāma” “keśivadha ||” folio 79r

Note in left margin: “nāradāga” “manaṃ” folio 79v

Note in left margin: “vyomukā” “suravadha ||” folio 80r

Note in left margin: “akṛyaḍu” “maṃddakuva” “ccuṭa ||” folio 80v

Note in left margin: “akṛvāda” “kṛṣṇasaṃ” “vvādaṃ ||” folio 82r

Note in left margin: “śrīkṛṣṇuḍu” “madhurāpra” “yāṇaṃ ||” folio 83r

Note in left margin: “akṝrā” “gamanaṃ ||” folio 83v

Note in left margin: “akṝrā” “stuti” folio 84r

Note in left margin: “madhurāpu” “raṃceruṭa” folio 85r

Note in left margin: “rajaka” “vadha ||” folio 86r

Note in left margin: “mālākāru” “gṛhaṃbbuna” “kuvaccuṭa ||” folio 86v

Note in left margin: lacuna due to worm hole “ku” ? “saṃ” “yyogaṃ ||” folio 87r

Note in left margin: Lacuna due to worm hole “bālakṛṣṇu” “lukaṃssusa” ? “kuvaccu” “ṭa ||” “kuṃjjara” “vadha ||” folio 89r

Note in left margin: “mallayu” “ddhaṃ” folio 90v

Note in left margin: “cāṇūra” “vadha | muṣṭi” “kavadha ||” folio 92v

Note in left margin: “kaṃssavadha” folio 93r

Note in left margin: “devakīvasu” “devuluvaccu” “ṭa ||” folio 93v

Note in left margin: “rrapanayana” “vidyābhyāsaṃ” folio 94r

Note written in left margin and crossed out: folio 95v

Note in left margin: “rraddhavuḍu” “repallekuva” “ccuṭa ||” folio 96r

Note in left margin: Lacuna due to worm holes ? “maragī” “talu” folio 96v

Note in left margin: “akṝru” “ḍu astināpu” “raṃvaccuṭa ||” folio 99v

Note in left margin: “kaṃssubhārya” “lutaṃḍriki” “ceppuṭa ||” folio 101r

Note in left margin: “jarāsaṃddha” “yuddhaṃ ||” folio 101v

Note in left margin: “kālayava” Line crossed out “nuduyu” “ddhālkuvaccuṭa ||” folio 105v

Note in left margin: “dvārakāpura” “nirmaṇaṃ ||” folio 106r

Note in left margin: “kālayava” “nāgamaṃ ||” folio 107r

Note in left margin: “mucikuṃdda” “mokṣaṇaṃ ||” folio 108v

Note in left margin: “marasaṭi” “yuddhaṃ ||” folio 110v

Note in left margin: “rukmiṇīka” “lyāṇaṃ ||” folio 111r

Note in left margin: “śrīrāmā” “śubhamastu ||” “avighnamastu” “jattarabhāga” “mū || śrī ||” Note in mid left margin: “pradyumna” “janmaṃ” “śaṃbbaro” “pākhyānaṃ ||” folio 122r

note in left margin: “satrājittu” “nakusūryu” “ḍumaṇiyi” “ccuṭa ||” folio 125r

Note in left margin: “jāṃbbava” “tivivā” “haṃ ||” folio 126r

Note in left margin: “satyabhā” “māpari” “ṇayaṃ ||” folio 127r

Note in left margin: “śatadhanyuḍu” “satrājittu” “nucaṃppuṭa” folio 127v

Note in left margin: “balarāmu” “ḍumithilaku” “povuṭa ||” folio 128r

Note in left margin: “duryoddhanu” “gadābhyā” “saṃ ||” “akṝru” “ḍupāripo” “vuṭa ||” folio 128v

Note in left margin: “śrīkṛṣṇuḍu” “yiṃdraprastha” “puraṃpovu” “ṭa ||” folio 129r

Note in left margin: “kā” ? “ddima” “triviṃddalavi” “vāhaṃ ||” “nagnajitti” “vivāhaṃ ||” folio 130v

Note in left margin: “narakāsura” “vadha ||” folio 132r

Note in left margin: “haripadā” “ruvelaśrīla” “vivāhaṃdu” “vuṭa ||” folio 136r

Note in left margin: “naditikiguṃ” “ḍḍalaṃbbuli” “ccuṭayu ||” folio 136v

Note in left margin: “vārijā” “tāpaha” “raṇaṃ ||” “haripadāru” “velaśrīlavi” “vāhaṃ a” “vuṭa ||” folio 137r

Note in left margin: Lacuna due to worm holes “rukmiṇīvi” “pralaṃbbaṃ ||” folio 138r

Note in left margin: “rukmiṇī” “stotraṃ” folio 139r

Note in left margin: “kṛṣṇukumā” “rotpatti” “yu ||” folio 141v

Note in left margin: “pradyumnavi” “vāhaṃ ||” folio 142r

Note in left margin: “rukmibalabha” “drulajūdaṃ ||” folio 142v

Note in left margin: “rukmivadha” folio 143r

Note in left margin: “bāṇasu” “rayuddhaṃ ||” folio 144r

Note in left margin: “nṛgopā” “khyānamu ||” folio 155v

Note in left margin: “balarāmu” “ḍurephalleku” “bovuṭa” folio 158r

Note in left margin: “pauṃḍrakavā” “sudevavadha ||” folio 160r

Note in left margin: “plavakavadha ||” “dvividhavadha ||” folio 162v

Note in left margin: “sāṃbbuvivā” “hamu ||” folio 163v

Note in left margin: “nāraduḍudvā” “rakakuvaccuṭa ||” folio 166v

Note in left margin: Lacunae due to worm holes “nāradā” ? “ma” ? “ṃ ||” folio 171r

Note in left margin: “dharmarāju” “rājasū” “yaṃgāraṃ” “baṃ ||” folio 171v

Note in left margin: Lacuna due to worm holes First line illegible “puraṃbovu” folio 173r

Note in left margin: “jarāsaṃddha” “vadha ||” folio 175v

Note in left margin: “rājabaṃddha” “mokṣaṇaṃ ||” folio 178r

Note in left margin: “dharmarājurā” “jasūya” “yāgaṃśe” “yuṭa ||” folio 179v

Note in left margin: Lacunae due to worm holes “siśupāla” “vadha ||” folio 181r

Note in left margin: “duryodhana” “avamānaṃ” folio 184r

Note in left margin: “sāḷvayu” “ddhaṃ ||” folio 185v

Note in left margin: “sāḷvayuddhaṃ ||” folio 188v

Note in left margin: “daṃttavaktru” “vadha ||” folio 190v

Note in left margin: “balarāma” “tīrdhayā” “tra ||” folio 191v

Note in left margin: “palvalavadha ||” folio 192v

Note in left margin: “kucelopā” “khyānamu ||” folio 194v

Note in left margin: “śamaṃttapaṃ” “ccakatīrdhaṃ” “āḍuṭa ||” folio 199v

Note in left margin: “subhadrāpa” “riṇayaṃ ||” folio 208v

Note in left margin: “mithilānaga” “raṃpovuṭa ||” folio 209v

Note in left margin: “śṛtigīta” “lū ||” folio 211v

Note in left margin: “harihara” “brahmala” “caritra” folio 215v

Note in left margin: “śrīrāmā” “śubhamastu” “ekādaśaskaṃ” “dhamū ||” folio 228r Note in left margin: “śrīrāmā” “śubhamastu” “dvādaśaskaṃ” “dhamū ||” folio 251r

Decoration

Illustration:??flowers in some left margins??

History

Origin:AnavAlasubbarO jayasaṃvatsara, śrāvaṇa, 3

“jayanāmasaṃvatsaraśrāvaṇa?3lavarku ānavāla
subbarāyuḍusoṃttaggāvrāsukūnnadi ||” f. 250v, line 4:

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.

Subject headings

SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Telugu
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

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Record revised:25 December 2009