Manuscript Identifiers

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

Contents

Work 1

Locus:f. 1r–73r (complete)
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() yat sūrayaḥ ..
tejovārimṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo <'> mṛṣā dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīma
hi ..1..
Note:
BhP. 1.1.1
Explicit: f. 73r:
sūta uvāca
evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā ślakṣṇayā girā ..
pratya
bhāṣata dharmajño bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ ..40..
Note:
BhP. 1.19.40
Final rubric: f. 73r:
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe paramahaṁsyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ pratha
maskaṁdhe 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

Work 2

Locus:ff. 1r–73v (complete)
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 1
Incipit: f. 1r:
õ namaḥ śrīmatparamahaṁsāsvāditacaraṇakamalacinmakaraṁdaya bhaktajanamānasanivāsāya śrīṇāmacaṁdrāya ..
vāgī
śā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi
yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje ..1..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 1, ad 1.1.1
Explicit: f. 73r:

evam aho ityādikayā ślakṣṇayā madhurayā girā ābhāṣito 'bhimukhīkṛtaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca ..40..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, ad 1.19.40


āryaṁ dharma
jam āhatārim avanau kṛtvā parīkṣin nṛpaṁ brahmāstrād abhirakṣitaṁ kalijayakhyātaṁ ca kṛtvā bhuvi .
aṁte yaḥ śukarūpataḥ svaparamajñānopade
śena taṁ śāpād āvadamu namāmi paramānaṁdākṛtiṁ mādhavam ..1..
Note:
Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, 1.19 final verse
Final rubric: f. 73r:
.. iti śrībhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ pratha
maskaṁdhe ekonaviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ.. ..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:73
Dimension:17 x 40 cm
Collation: Single folios.
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.
Layout:Written in 11–15 lines per page.

Hands

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.

Decoration

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.

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 – 1. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Facsimile

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f. 1rf. 1r  
f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4v,f. 5rf. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v,f. 6rf. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. 7rf. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v,f. 8rf. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
f. 9v,f. 10rf. 9v  f. 10r  
f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
f. 11v,f. 12rf. 11v  f. 12r  
f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
f. 13v,f. 14rf. 13v  f. 14r  
f. 14v,f. 15rf. 14v  f. 15r  
f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v,f. 17rf. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v,f. 18rf. 17v  f. 18r  
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f. 40v,f. 41rf. 40v  f. 41r  
f. 41v,f. 42rf. 41v  f. 42r  
f. 42v,f. 43rf. 42v  f. 43r  
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f. 46v,f. 47rf. 46v  f. 47r  
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f. 48v,f. 49rf. 48v  f. 49r  
f. 49v,f. 50rf. 49v  f. 50r  
f. 50v,f. 51rf. 50v  f. 51r  
f. 51v,f. 52rf. 51v  f. 52r  
f. 52v,f. 53rf. 52v  f. 53r  
f. 53v,f. 54rf. 53v  f. 54r  
f. 54v,f. 55rf. 54v  f. 55r  
f. 55v,f. 56rf. 55v  f. 56r  
f. 56v,f. 57rf. 56v  f. 57r  
f. 57v,f. 58rf. 57v  f. 58r  
f. 58v,f. 59rf. 58v  f. 59r  
f. 59v,f. 60rf. 59v  f. 60r  
f. 60v,f. 61rf. 60v  f. 61r  
f. 61v,f. 62rf. 61v  f. 62r  
f. 62v,f. 63rf. 62v  f. 63r  
f. 63v,f. 64rf. 63v  f. 64r  
f. 64v,f. 65rf. 64v  f. 65r  
f. 65v,f. 66rf. 65v  f. 66r  
f. 66v,f. 67rf. 66v  f. 67r  
f. 67v,f. 68rf. 67v  f. 68r  
f. 68v,f. 69rf. 68v  f. 69r  
f. 69v,f. 70rf. 69v  f. 70r  
f. 70v,f. 71rf. 70v  f. 71r  
f. 71v,f. 72rf. 71v  f. 72r  
f. 72v,f. 73rf. 72v  f. 73r  
f. 73vf. 73v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

mū:
f.1r
Line 7: .. .. śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ .. .. janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ tene brahma hṛdā ya ādikavaye
Line 8: muhyaṁ() yat sūrayaḥ .. tejovārimṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo <'> mṛṣā dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīma
Line 9: hi ..1.. [
f.73r
Line 7: [ sūta uvāca evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā ślakṣṇayā girā .. pratya
Line 8: bhāṣata dharmajño bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ ..40..
.. iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe paramahaṁsyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ pratha
Line 9: maskaṁdhe sukāgamanaṁ nāma ekonaviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ .. ..19.. .. cha ..
f.73v
Line 1: 1
Commentary:
f.1v
Line 1: .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. õ namaḥ śrīmatparamahaṁsāsvāditacaraṇakamalacinmakaraṁdaya bhaktajanamānasanivāsāya śrīṇāmacaṁdrāya .. vāgī
Line 2: śā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje ..1.. [
f.73r
Line 10: [

evam aho ityādikayā ślakṣṇayā madhurayā girā ābhāṣito 'bhimukhīkṛtaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca ..40..

āryaṁ dharma
Line 11: jam āhatārim avanau kṛtvā parīkṣin nṛpaṁ brahmāstrād abhirakṣitaṁ kalijayakhyātaṁ ca kṛtvā bhuvi . aṁte yaḥ śukarūpataḥ svaparamajñānopade
Line 12: śena taṁ śāpād āvadamu namāmi paramānaṁdākṛtiṁ mādhavam ..1..
.. iti śrībhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikāyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ pratha
Line 13: maskaṁdhe ekonaviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ.. ..
Record revised:20 April 2012