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 |
Author: | Potana |
Title: | Bhāgavatam |
Part: | Skandha 5–8 |
Cover rubric: |
front cover
Bagavatam 5-6-7 & 8th Books |
Language: | Telugu in Telugu script |
Locus: | f. 1r, line 1 – f. 57v, line 4 |
Part: | Skandha 5 |
Incipit: |
f. 1r, lines 1–3
śrīsītānayanotpala . śrī satisahajanmatridaśaśevitayāśā . vā saprakāśajayabhāṣā surapatiharaṇarāmacaṁdranṛpālā .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 57v, lines 1–2
pati viprasaṁvādaṁbunu . bharatātmajuṁḍaina sumati rājyābhiṣekaṁbunu . pāṣaṇḍada!śar!<rśa>naṁbunu . sumatijanmavistāraṁbunu . gayuni caritraṁbunu . gayuni saṁtatiyu . bhū dvīpava!ṣar!<rṣa>saridadrinabhassamudrapātāḷadiṅnarakatārāgrahaṇalokasaṁsthitaṁbunu . nanukathalaṁgalapaṁcamaskaṁdhaṁsaṁpū!ṇarṁ!<rṇaṁ> .. |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 63r, line 1 – f. 127r, line 3 |
Part: | Skandha 6 |
Incipit: |
f. 63r
śrīnīlācalanāthunaṁccitadayāsiṁdhūnjunnayakun . nānāvaibhavasaṁyutun munijanānaṁddālayun sarpadevānīkasthiramoviratnarucibhavyāṁghridvayiṁśobhitun . sūṇastraprasavā <...> |
Explicit: |
f. 126v, line 3
<...> bhavyavitaprāṣājaladavimalagātrisatyabhāmākaḷatrā .. |
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 |
Part: | Skandha 7 |
Incipit: |
f. 129r, lines 1–3
śrīmadvikhyātilatākrāmitarodhoṁttarāḷakamanīyyamahā . jīmūtatulitadehaśyāmalarucijālarāmacaṁdranṛpāla .. |
Final rubric: |
f. 194r, lines 4–5
yīśvaruṁṭṭutripuraṁbuludahiṁccuṭayu . |
Colophon: | none |
Locus: | f. 195r, line 1 – f. 268v, line 4 |
Part: | Skandha 8 |
Incipit: |
f. 195r, lines 1–2
śrīmannāmapayoda . śyāmadhaṇābhṛllalāmajagadabhirāmā . rāmājanakāmamaho ddāmaguṇa sthomadhāmadaśaradharāmā .. |
Explicit: |
f. 268r
<...> <...> dhavaḷabahuḷakī!ttir!<rtti>dharmasatyānuvartī .. |
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 folia |
Dimension: | 4 x 38 cm (h x w) |
Foliation: | Foliated in the left margin on the recto of each folio. Folio 19 is missing. The last four blank folios [iv–ix] appear to be out of order. Their various shapes, sizes and peg hole placements are not in relationship to the surrounding folios. The blank folios may account for the missing folio numbers 60–62 in which there does not appear to be any missing text. Folio 177 is erroneously numbered 176. |
Formula: | [i–ii], 1–18, 20–59, 63–120, [iii], 121–127, 129–176[a], 176[b], 178–268, [iv–ix] |
Collation: | Single folia |
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 the 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. Skandha 7 ends on the 1st line of f. 194v. Skandha 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 avighnam astu paṁcamaskaṁ dhamu .. 4 In the left margin on f. 39v is some illegible scribble. In the left margin on f. 63r is written the following: śubhamastu avighnam astu ṣaṣṭamaskaṁdhaṁ In the left margin on f. 73r is written the following: 3 harināma In the left margin on f. 82r is written the following: nāraduniki śāpamu In the left margin on f. 94r is written the following: nāra yanā kavacaṁ In the left margin on f. 96r is written the following: vṛtrāsurajananīṁ In the left margin on f. 106r is written the following: vṛtrā 06 suravadha In the left margin on f. 129r is written the following: avighnam astu śubham astu saptamaskaṁdham 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 śrīśāradaṁbbāyai namaḥ aṣṭamaskaṁdhamū In the left margin on f. 217r is written the following: [?] to baṁttī |
Illustration: | Flowers in left margins mark the line in which a final rubric occurs. |
Origin: | Unknown |
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 |