Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:515
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1376

Contents

Work 1 (incomplete)

Locus:ff. 1r–25v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Rāsakrīḍā
Colophon:none
Note:The Rāsakrīḍā is otherwise known as the Rāsalīlā and is narrated in five chapters, BhP. 10.29.1–10.33.39, called the Rāsapañcādhyāyī. The present manuscript includes adhyāyas 29-30, 32-33, but skips adhyāya 31.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 1v–9r
   Part:Adhyāya 29
   Incipit: f. 1v
.. śrīśuka uvāca ..
bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ śaradotphullamallikāḥ
vīkṣya raṁtuṁ manaś cakre yogamāyām upāśritaḥ 1 ( BhP. 10.29.1 )
   Final rubric: f. 9r
śra iti śrī bhāgava[me]te mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ ekonatri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ ..!39!<29>..

   Work 1.2 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 9r–16v
   Part:Kṛṣṇānveṣaṇa
   Part:Adhyāya 30
   Incipit: f. 9rf. 9v
.. śraśuka uvāca ..
   Final rubric: f. 16r
iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ śrīkṛṣṇānveṣa!ṇe!ṇaṁ nāma tri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ 30

   Work 1.3 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 16r–19r
   Part:Adhyāya 32
   Incipit: f. 16r
śrīśuka uvāca
iti gopyaḥ pragāyaṁtya<ḥ> pralapa<ṁ>tyaś ca citradhā
ruruduḥ susvaraṁ rājan kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ 1 ( BhP. 10.31.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
   Final rubric: f. 19r
iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaska<ṁ>dhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ dvātriṁśo <'>dhyayaḥ 32

   Work 1.4 (incomplete)

   Locus:ff. 19r–25v
   Part:Adhyāya 33
   Incipit: f. 19r
śrīśuka0
   Explicit: f. 25rf. 25v
brahmarātra upāvṛtte vāsudevānumoditāḥ
anichaṁtyo yayu r gopyaḥ svagṛhān bhagava!n!<t>prīyā 40
(Ahlborn: BhP. 10.33.38 )
vikrī <...>
(Ahlborn: BhP. 10.33.39a )

Physical description

Form:Codex
Material:Paper
Extent:25 folia
Dimension:14 x 27 cm (h x w)
Foliation: numbered 1–25 on the upper left and lower right of the verso of each page.
   Formula:1–25
   Signatures:kṛṣṇā appears above the folio number in the lower right margin on f. 1v.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Very good with water or grease stains in the lower corners of each page, and larger stains on f. 24vf. 25v.
Binding: Unbound but folds on the left like a bound book.
Seal: A circular stamp in blue ink in the upper left of the front cover and on the lower right of back reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Each folio of the ms. is written on the right half of the recto and left half of the verso, and the stack of folios is folded in half like a book. The pages in the first half of the book are therefore empty. When the folios are let to fall naturally open, the recto of the first folio is visible, and the text starts just after the middle on the verso of f. 1v.

Hands

Hand 1:The text is written in calligraphy with a reed pen.
Hand 2:The front cover of the book (which is the right side of f. 25v unfolded) is written in Hindustani by a different hand upside down from the rest of the ms.
Additions:

Written on the front cover is the following: śrī .. śrī gaśāya namaḥ .. śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ .. śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ .. rāma ne jānā re .. abhāgeta rā0 .. vāse prāyā kola kara yā bharamobhṛlānā re a0 .. rāmanāma vīsarāya ke vīśya mala paṭānā re a0 .. pānī make kulavā chanamakularanā re ā0 , and continues for three lines written horizontally downwards in the left margin.

Decoration

Color:The first speaker on f. 1v, the final rubric of adhyāya 29 on f. 9r and the first speaker of adhyāya 30 on f. 9rf. 9v are written in red.

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 – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Record history

Revised: 3 November 2011

Facsimile  (work 1)

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. 25v  

Facsimile  (work 1.1)

Whole image     Individual pages
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  

Facsimile  (work 1.2)

Whole image     Individual pages
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  

Facsimile  (work 1.3)

Whole image     Individual pages
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  

Facsimile  (work 1.4)

Whole image     Individual pages
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. 25v  


Transcription (text structure)


Adhyāya 29:
.. śrīśuka uvāca ..
bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ śaradotphullamallikāḥ
vīkṣya raṁtuṁ manaś cakre yogamāyām upāśritaḥ 1 ( BhP. 10.29.1 )
<...>
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śra iti śrī bhāgava[me]te mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ ekonatri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ ..!39!<29>..

Adhyāya 30:
.. śraśuka uvāca ..
<...>
<...>
iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaskaṁdhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ śrīkṛṣṇānveṣa!ṇe!ṇaṁ nāma tri<ṁ>śo <'>dhyayaḥ 30

Adhyāya 31:

Adhyāya 32:
śrīśuka uvāca
iti gopyaḥ pragāyaṁtya<ḥ> pralapa<ṁ>tyaś ca citradhā
ruruduḥ susvaraṁ rājan kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ 1 ( BhP. 10.31.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśamaska<ṁ>dhe rāsakrīḍāyāṁ dvātriṁśo <'>dhyayaḥ 32

Adhyāya 33:
śrīśuka0
<...>
<...>
brahmarātra upāvṛtte vāsudevānumoditāḥ
anichaṁtyo yayu r gopyaḥ svagṛhān bhagava!n!<t>prīyā 40
(Ahlborn: BhP. 10.33.38 )
vikrī <...>
(Ahlborn: BhP. 10.33.39a )