Collection: | UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 |
Item: | 2381 |
Repository: | Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Institution: | University of Pennsylvania |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1339 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–43v |
Author: | Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa |
Title: | Bhāgavatapurāṇa |
Part: | Skandha 2 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
śrīśuka uvāca .. varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto lokahitaṁ yataḥ .. ātmavitsaṁmataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 2.1.1 ) |
Explicit: |
f. 43r
.. sūta uvāca .. rājñā parīkṣitā pṛṣṭo yad avocan mahāmuniḥ .. tad vo <'>bhidhāsye śṛṇuta rājñaḥ praśnānusārataḥ ..51.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 2.10.51 ) |
Final rubric: |
f. 43r
.. itiśrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe divtīyaskaṁdhe daśamo <'>dhyāyaḥ .. .. samāpto 'yaṁ dvitīyaskaṁdhaḥ samāptaḥ sabhāṣyaḥ .. |
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 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–43v |
Author: | Śrīdharasvāmin |
Part: | ad skandha 2 |
Incipit: |
f. 1v
dvitīy!a!<e> tu daśādhyāyaiḥ śrībhāgavatam āditaḥ . uddeśalakṣaṇoktibhyāṁ saṁkṣepeṇopavarṇyate ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 2, p. 1, 2.1 intro. ) (Anuṣṭubh) |
Explicit: |
f. 43r
rājñā pṛṣṭaḥ iti ayam arthaḥ yat yūyaṁ pṛ<c>chatha idam eva rājāpi śukaṁ pṛṣṭavān .. śuko <'>pi viduramaitreyasaṁvādaṁ puraskṛtya ye pūrvaṁ rājñā kṛtāḥ .. praśnāḥ tadanusāreṇa sarvaṁ purāṇārtham avocat .. tad evāhaṁ te (vo) <'>bhidhāsyāmi tathaiva śṛṇuteti ..51.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 2, p. 507, ad 2.10.51 ) |
Final rubric: |
f. 43r
iti śrībhāgavat(e) ṭīkāyāṁ srīdharasvāmi vi[ci]ra(ci)tāyāṁ bhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ dvitīyaskaṁdhe daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. |
Explicit: |
f. 43r
śrīmadbhāgvataṁ yena svabrahmamukhato mitaṁ .. brahmanāradayoḥ proktaṁ taṁ vaṁde gurum īśvaraṁ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) yatsūtrayaṁtritaṁ viśvaṁ narīnartti jagattrayaṁ .. saṁtas tam eva pṛ<c>chaṁtu yad atra [sa]skhalitaṁ mama ..2.. (Anuṣṭubh) dvitīyaskaṁdhasaṁbaṁdhipadabhāvārthadīpikā .. udd[i](ī)pyatām iyaṁ sadbhir yathā syāt ta<t>tvadī!pa!<pi>k[aṁ](ā) ..3.. (Anuṣṭubh) īkṣaṁtām i<c>chayā saṁtaḥ kṣamaṁtāṁ mama sāhasaṁ .. [mayahitasvi](mayā hi svī)yabodhāya kṛtam etan na sarvataḥ ..4.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 2, p. 507, following 2.10.51 ) |
Colophon: |
f. 43r
lekhakapāṭhakābhyāṁ śubhaṁ bhavatu .. |
Note: | The correction of pra0 to dvi0 in the signature testifies that the same scribe wrote UPenn 2380 containing the first skandha. |
Language: | Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Country-made paper |
Extent: | 43 folia |
Dimension: | 15.1 x 35.5 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. 43r ). |
Formula: | 1–43 |
Signatures: | bhā0 dvi0 ṭī0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin and rāma is written above the folio number in the lower right margin on each folio. On f. 4v and f. 37v pra0 is corrected to dvi0. On f. 17v bhā0 rāma is written above the folio number in the lower right margin. |
Collation: | Single folia |
Condition: | Very good. The edges of the first and last folios are slightly frayed, there are minor stains, and purple ink was spilled on f. 24r. |
Binding: | Unbound |
Seal: | A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 43v reads Library University Pennsylvania. |
Layout: | Written in 9–14 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text. |
Hand 1: | Written in clear, bold, regular characters tilted forward in slightly wavy and rising or falling lines. |
Additions: |
The additions of the rubric on the front (f. 1r) and the numeral 2 on the back (f. 43v) indicating the number of the skandha are in another hand. There are marginal and interlinear additions and corrections by different hands, some lengthy, e.g. on f. 37r. Mistakes are covered over with yellow or written over. |
Color: | Some double daṇḍas are written in red, some in orange. Some invocations and double daṇḍas are written in purple. Orange powder is rubbed over numbers, some final rubrics, some invocations, and some introductions of speakers. Yellow is used to cover mistakes. |
Border: | Triple lines, mostly red but occasionally some purple, 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 – 2. skandha. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts – India – 19th century. |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |