Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2385
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1343

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–62v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:Skandha 6
Cover rubric: f. 1v
.. ṣaṣṭhaskaṁdhaprāraṁbhaḥ ..(6)
Incipit: f. 1v
rājovāca ..
nivṛttimārgaḥ !.!<> kathitaḥ ādau bhagavatā yathā (..)
kramayogopalabdhena brahmaṇā yad asaṁsṛtiḥ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 6.1.1 )
Explicit: f. 62r
tuṣṭāḥ praya<c>chanti samastakāmān
homāvasāne hutabhuk śrī[r]hariś ca .
rājan mahan marutāṁ janma puṇyaṁ
diter vrataṁ cābhihitaṁ mahat te ..27.. ( BhP. 6.19.28 ) (Triṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 62r
iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhaskaṁdhe puṁsavanavratakathano nāmaikoneviṁśo ('dhyā0)
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–62v
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 6
Incipit: f. 1v
puṇyāraṇye nṛsiṁhaikanāmasiṁho virājate ..
yannādataḥ palāyaṁte mahākalmaṣakuṁjarāḥ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 6, p. 1, 6.1 intro. ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 62r
ṣaṣṭhaskaṁdhanigūḍhārthapadabhāvārthadīpikā .
sadbhir āsevyatām eṣāyatiśrīdharanirmitā .1. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 6, p. 605, 6.19 end ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Final rubric: f. 62r
ṣaṣṭhe ekonaviṁśaḥ .. ..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:62 folia
Dimension:15.3 x 34.7 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio. The number is missing in the upper left margin on f. 26v and f. 27v .
   Formula:1–62
   Signatures:bhā0 ṣa0 ṭī0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio, except f. 26v where both the number and signature are missing.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Excellent. There are minor tears in f. 62, minor insect damage at the right edge of f. 43, and water stains in the right margin on f. 24v.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 1r and f. 62v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 9–15 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text. Most pages have 9–14 lines; f. 51v has fifteen lines. The lines of the base text and commentary almost run into each other on f. 62r but may still be distinguished by the numbering and slight indent of the base text.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, bold, regular characters, some tilted slightly forward, some slightly backward, in straight and in slightly wavy lines.
Additions:

The numeral 6, indicating the number of the skandha, added to the rubric on the front (f. 1r) and added on the back (f. 62v) are in another hand.

There are marignal and interlinear additions and corrections by different hands, some lengthy (f. 3v, f. 7r, f. 9r, f. 12r, f. 14v, f. 17r, f. 43r, f. 56v, f. 59r, f. 60r). Mistakes are covered over with yellow (f. 33v, f. 34r, f. 50v), written over, crossed through, covered over with black (f. 50v), or indicated by short vertical strokes above the syllables in question (f. 62r).

Decoration

Color:Double daṇḍas and some daṇḍas are written in purple or orange. Orange powder is rubbed over invocations, final rubrics, introductions of speakers, and numbers. Yellow is used to cover mistakes.
Border:Double red or purple lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page; triple lines on the first page (f. 1v).

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

Record history

Revised: 27 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. 59r     f. 58v  f. 59r  
f. 59v, f. 60r     f. 59v  f. 60r  
f. 60v, f. 61r     f. 60v  f. 61r  
f. 61v, f. 62r     f. 61v  f. 62r  
f. 62v     f. 62v  


Transcription (text structure)


Mūla:
.. ṣaṣṭhaskaṁdhaprāraṁbhaḥ ..(6)
rājovāca ..
nivṛttimārgaḥ !.!<> kathitaḥ ādau bhagavatā yathā (..)
kramayogopalabdhena brahmaṇā yad asaṁsṛtiḥ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 6.1.1 )
<...>
<...>
tuṣṭāḥ praya<c>chanti samastakāmān
homāvasāne hutabhuk śrī[r]hariś ca .
rājan mahan marutāṁ janma puṇyaṁ
diter vrataṁ cābhihitaṁ mahat te ..27.. ( BhP. 6.19.28 ) (Triṣṭubh)
iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhaskaṁdhe puṁsavanavratakathano nāmaikoneviṁśo ('dhyā0)
6

Commentary:
õ namaḥ śrīgopījanavallabhāya .
puṇyāraṇye nṛsiṁhaikanāmasiṁho virājate ..
yannādataḥ palāyaṁte mahākalmaṣakuṁjarāḥ ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 6, p. 1, 6.1 intro. ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
ṣaṣṭhaskaṁdhanigūḍhārthapadabhāvārthadīpikā .
sadbhir āsevyatām eṣāyatiśrīdharanirmitā .1. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 6, p. 605, 6.19 end ) (Anuṣṭubh)
ṣaṣṭhe ekonaviṁśaḥ .. ..
cha