Collection: | Indic Manuscripts |
Item: | 45 |
Repository: | John Hay Library |
Institution: | Brown University |
Location: | Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America |
Catalog: | Poleman |
Item: | 1301 |
Locus: | ff. 1r–268v (incomplete) |
Author: | Potana |
Title: | Bhāgavatam |
Part: | Skandha 5–8 |
Colophon: | None |
Language: | Telugu in Telugu script |
Locus: | f. 1r, line 1 – f. 57v, line 4 (incomplete) |
Part: | Skandha 5 |
Incipit: |
f. 1r, lines 1–3:
śrīsītānayanotpala .
śrī satisahajanmatridaśaśevitayāśā .
vā saprakāśajayabhāṣā
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Explicit: |
f. 57v, lines 1–2: gayuni saṁtatiyu bhū dvīpavarṣasaridadrinabhassamudrapātāvadijñarakatārāgrahaṇalokasaṁsthitaṁunu . |
Final rubric: |
f. 57v, line 2: nanukadhalaṁgalapaṁcamaskaṁdhaṁsaṁpurṇaṁ .. |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 63r, line 1 – f. 127r, line 3 (complete) |
Part: | Skandha 6 |
Incipit: |
f. 63r:
śrīnīlācalanāthunaccitadayāsindhūnjunannayakun nānāvaibhavasaṁyutun munijanānandālayun sarvadevānīkasthiramoviratnarucibhavyaṅghri dvayiṁśobhitun .
sūṇāstraprasavā
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Explicit: |
f. 126v, line 3: jalavavimalagātrisatyabhāmākaḷatra .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 126v, lines 4–6: idi hanumatkaṭākṣalabdavaraprasāda . sahajasārasvatacaṁdrnāmāṁkkarāmavidvanmaṇikumāra . aṣṭaghaṁṭṭavadhānapara meśvara . haribhaṭṭāraka . praṇītaṁbaina . śrīmahābhāgavatamahāpurāṇaṁbunaṁdu . narakanirūpaṇaṁbunu . najāmīḷopākhyānaṁbunu . viṣṇu yamadūtalasaṁvvādaṁbbunu . prācetanajanmaṁbunu . anubhavasvargalakṣaṇaṁbunu . nārāyaṇakavacaprabhāvaṁbunu . viśvarūpuvadhayunu . vṛtrāsurujanmaṁbunu . devāsurayudhaṁbunu . citraketopakhyānambunu . puṁsavanavrataprakāraṁbunu . nanaṁviśeṣaṁbbulaṁbaripūrnaṁbulayyeṣaṣṭama skaṁdhamu saṁpūrnnamu .. |
Colophon: |
f. 127r, line 3: karakṛtam aparādhaḥ kṣaṁttum arhaṁtti saṁttaḥ . |
Locus: | f. 129r, line 1 – f. 194r, line 5 (complete) |
Part: | Skandha 7 |
Incipit: |
f. 129r, lines 1–3:
śrīmadvikhyātilatākrāmitarodhoṁttarāḷakamanīyyamahā .
jīmūtatulitadehaśyāmalarucijālarāmacaṁdranṛpāla ..
va ..
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Explicit: |
f. 194r, line 4: yīśvaruṁṭṭutripuraṁbuludavāṁcculuyu . dharmādharmavivaraṁbula . |
Final rubric: |
f. 194r, lines 4–5: niyaṁḍidathalaṁgalasaptamaskaṁ dhamusaṁpūrṇaṁ .. |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 195r, line 1 – f. 268v, line 4 (complete) |
Part: | Skandha 8 |
Incipit: |
f. 195r, lines 1–2:
śrīmannāmapayoda .
śyāmadhaṇābhṛllalāmajagadabhirāmā .
rāmājanakāmamahoddāmaguṇa
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Explicit: |
f. 268r: bhavaḷabahuḷadarttidharmasatyāsuvarti .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 268r, lines 1–5: idiśrīparameśvara karuṅadavitakavitāvicitrakesanamaṁtriputrasahajapāṁḍityapotanāmātyapraṇītaṁbainaśrīmahābhāgavatambanumahāpurāṇambunaṁdusvāyaṁbhuvasva rociṣavuttamatāmasamanuvulacaritraṁbulunu . karimakariyuddhaṁbunu . gajeṁdramokṣaṇaṁbunu . raivatakacākṣaṣamaṣavulavartanaṁbulunu . samudra madhanaṁbunu . vimodhbavaṁbunu . garaḷabhakṣaṇaṁbunu . kāmadhenukalpavṛkṣaciṁtamaṇilakṣmīamṛtādisaṁbhavaṁbunu . amarāsurayuddhaṁbunu . tākṣasavadhaṁbunu . hariharasallāpaṁbunu . harikapaṭaṭkāminīrupavipramaṁbunu . vaivasvatasūryasāvarṇī . dakṣasāvarṇī . brahmasāvarṇī . dharmasāvarṇī . bhadra sāvarṇī . vedasāvarṇī . yiṁdrasāvarṇī . manuvulavṛttaṁvaṁbulunu . balidaṁḍagamanaṁbunu . devaphalāyanaṁbunu . vāmanavatāraṁbunu . suprebalisaṁvādaṁbunu . trivikrama sphuraṇaṁbunu . rākṣasulasutalanamanaṁbunu . satyapratopākhyānambunu . matyāvatāraṁbunu . nanukadhalaṁgalaaṣṭamaskaṁdhaṁsaṁpūrṇaṁ .. |
Colophon: | none |
Form: | Folia |
Material: | Palm leaf. |
Extent: | 270 |
Dimension: | 4 x 38 cm |
Collation: | Single leaves. |
Condition: | Fair condition; browned leaves; minimal fraying at the edges; a few cracked and split leaves that don't interfere with legibility; occassional worm holes. Most of the folios have considerable ink fading but the text is still legible by means of the etching. Folio 40 is split horizontally on the left margin center and sewn together. |
Binding: | Bound between wooden covers by means of cord and a metal peg inserted through two holes. Condition: The binding is in good condition.. |
Layout: | Written in 6–7 lines per page. Text is written only in the center between the two binding holes on f. 1r, f. 1v, and f. 195r, f. 195v. Skandha 5 ends on 4th line of f. 57v. Folios 58–59 are blank except for folio numbers on f. 58r and f. 59r. Skandha 6 ends on the 3rd line of f. 127r, and f. 127v is blank. {s}kanDa 7 ends on the 1st line of f. 194v. {s}kanDa 8 ends on the 4th line of f. 268v. |
Summary: | The scribe changes starting on f. 129r. |
Hand 1: | xxxxx |
Additions: |
In the left margin on f. 1r is written the following:
“śubham astu
In the left margin on f. 39v is written “(illegible scribble)” . In the left margin on f. 63r is written the following:
“śubhamastu
In the left margin on f. 73r is written the following:
“3
In the left margin on f. 82r is written the following:
“nāraduniki
In the left margin on f. 94r is written the following:
“nāra
In the left margin on f. 96r is written the following:
“vṛtrāsura
In the left margin on f. 106r is written the following:
“vṛtrā 06
In the left margin on f. 129r is written the following:
“avighnam astu
In the left margin on f. 129v is written “prakṛti” . In the left margin on f. 195r is written the following:
“śubham astu . avighnam astu
In the left margin on f. 217r is written the following:
“[?]
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Illustration: | Flowers in left margins mark the line in which a final rubric occurs. |
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. |
SubjectLC: | Manuscripts, Telugu |
SubjectSL: | Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative |
Line 1:
śrīsītānayanotpala .
śrī satisahajanmatridaśaśevitayāśā .
vā saprakāśajayabhāṣā
Line 2:
surapatiharaṇarāmacaṁdranṛpālā ..
va ..
mahaniyyaguṇagariṣṭulagunaṁmmuniśre
Line 3:
ṣṭulakunikhilapurāṇavyākhyānavaikharīsametuṁḍainasūtuṁḍiṭlaniye .
[
Line 6: mambuporucu .
neppuruvaccinaṁnu saṁtoṣaparacunoyaniciṁtiṁcucu nānā prakārambulaina tanagatulacātanānandimpucu dhyānasamādhinuṁnappuḍu gemmulaṁ grokucuṁḍu .
naṭṭi vinodambuluneppuḍuṁganu
Line 1: gaṇakatonācāramukijedpina niṁkamunuṁḍāviprasutuṇḍu gaikoni ye satkarmambulan bhūvarā ..
pa ..
iṭlu brāhmaṇakumāruṇḍu karmambulandapaniṣṭalu perkuḍiyunu .
viprunipothambuna gāyatrimantropa
Line 2:
[
Line 1:
pati viprasaṁvādambunu.
bharatātmajuṇḍaina sumati rājyābhiṣekambunu .
pāṣaṇḍadarśanambunu .
sumatijanmavistārambunu .
gayuni caritrambunu .
gayuni saṁtatiyu bhū
Line 2: dvīpavarṣasaridadrinabhassamudrapātāvadijñarakatārāgrahaṇalokasaṁsthitaṁunu .
śrīnīlācalanāthunaccitadayāsindhūnjunannayakun nānāvaibhavasaṁyutun munijanānandālayun sarvadevānīkasthiramoviratnarucibhavyaṅghri dvayiṁśobhitun .
sūṇāstraprasavā
Line 1:
[
jalavavimalagātrisatyabhāmākaḷatra ..
Line 1:
śrīmadvikhyātilatākrāmitarodhoṁttarāḷakamanīyyamahā .
jīmūtatulitadehaśyāmalarucijālarāmacaṁdranṛpāla ..
va ..
Line 2:
mahaniyyaguṇagariṣṭulagunaṁmmuniśreṣṭulakunikhalapurāṇavyākhyānavaikharīsametuṁḍainasūtuṁḍiṭlaniyenaṭluparikṣinnaredṛṁḍuśukayogīṁdṛṁganuṁggoni ..
si ..
sarvabhutamulakusamuḍuneccelipriyu
Line 3: ḍainavaikuṁṭhuḍnaṁtuḍādyu .
Line 4: yīśvaruṁṭṭutripuraṁbuludavāṁcculuyu . dharmādharmavivaraṁbula .
Line 1:
śrīmannāmapayoda .
śyāmadhaṇābhṛllalāmajagadabhirāmā .
rāmājanakāmamahoddāmaguṇa
Line 2: sthomadhāmadaśaradharāmā ..
va ..
Line 1: bhavaḷabahuḷadarttidharmasatyāsuvarti ..
Record revised: | 28 January 2011 |
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