<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese.</p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'>suvarnnaMveMkkawAcalayya</persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'> <locus>f. 103r, lines 3-4</locus> <ab>karakftam aparADaM kzaMttum arhaMtti saMttaH .. suvarnnaMveMkkawAcalayyagAriBIzmaparvaRisamAptaM .. </ab> </quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#end.s2'>colophon</ref> on <locus from='109r' facs='#f109r'>f. 109r, lines 3--4</locus> mentions <persName type='unknown' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>suvarnaM veMkkawAcalayya</persName>. <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>cuMqqiSItArAmaya</persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate>Finished writing the <foreign xml:lang='te-Latn-x-SLP1'>aSvameDaparvan</foreign> on Wednesday the 10th, in the year Vikrama.</origDate> <p> <locus>[II]84r, line 8</locus> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'>yAdfSaM pustukaM dfzwvA tAdfSaM liKitaM mayA . SrI.baD.v.aMvAsubad.z.aMvA mama dozena vidyate .. vikrama nAma saMvatsaranijajes 10 buDavAraMvarkuy iMkkolliSaMkkarayya gAriki cuMqqiSItA </quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <persName>cuMqqi SItArAmaya</persName> <note resp='MA'>Is this incorrect spelling for the patron <persName>iMkolliSaMkkarayya</persName>?</note> <origDate>finished writing the <foreign xml:lang='te-Latn-x-SLP1'>aSvameDaparvan</foreign> on Wednesday the 10th, in the year <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP'>{v}ikrama</foreign>.</origDate> <p>See the <ref target='#p14.end.v1 #p14.end.s1'>colophon</ref> on <locus from='II:84r' facs='#fII:84r'>II:84r, line 8</locus>.</p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, <lang xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{p}AlI</lang> grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese.</p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, <lang xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{p}AlI</lang> grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>AnavAlasubbarO</persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate><foreign xml:lang='te-Latn-x-SLP1'>jayasaMvatsara</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang='te-Latn-x-SLP1'>SrAvaRa</foreign>, 3 </origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'>jayanAmasaMvatsaraSrAvaRa?3lavarku AnavAla <lb></lb> subbarAyuqusoMttaggAvrAsukUnnadi .. </quote> <locus>f. 250v, line 4</locus> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#s12.c'>colophon</ref> on <locus from='261v' facs='#f261v'>f. 261v, lines 1-2</locus> states that the manuscript ws completed on the 3rd <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> (presumably in the bright fortnight) in the month of <foreign xml:lang='te-Latn-x-SLP1'>SrAvaRa</foreign> in the year called <foreign xml:lang='te-Latn-x-SLP1'>jayasaMvatsara</foreign>, which corresponds either to <origDate when='1834-08-08'>8 August 1834 AD</origDate> or <origDate when='1894-08-04'>4 August 1894 AD</origDate>, by <persName>AnavAlasubbarO</persName>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, <lang xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{p}AlI</lang> grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, <lang xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{p}AlI</lang> grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='te-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='te-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='te-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='te-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) 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 <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='smallcap'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, PÄlÄ« grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='#Poleman' level='m' rend='smallcap'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> <p> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Telu-x-SLP1'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#BrownIndicMss'>Stuart C. Sherman (1977: <biblScope>79</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Indic manuscripts in the Brown University Library as follows: <quote> <title rend='italic'>Indic Manuscripts</title> <p>A collection of fifty-three codices (<date notAfter='1800'>not after 1800</date>) in Burmese, Cambodian, Telugu Skandhas, Bengali, and Sinhalese script on palm leaves with lacquered wood covers tied with cords. Subjects include Buddhist canon, <lang xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{p}AlI</lang> grammar and lexicons, Epics, Dance, Drama, and a treatise on midwifery and diseases of women. Recorded in <bibl> <title ref='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Poleman' level='m' rend='italic'>A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</title>, by <author>Horace I. Poleman</author>, <pubPlace>New Haven</pubPlace>: <publisher>American Oriental Society</publisher>, <date>1938</date>. </bibl> Register available. </p> <p rend='italic'>Gift of Baptist missionaries to <placeName>Burma</placeName>, among whom was <persName>Adoniram Judson Brown</persName> Class of 1807, who first translated the Bible into Burmese. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>"not given"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>saMvat 1582; Sunday, 1525-08-06; (not 1639 [DN])</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate resp='TK'>saMvat 1582; Sunday, 1525-08-06; (not 1639 [DN])</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>"not given"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>saMvat 1879 [=1822]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Sunday, during the second <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> in the dark fortnight of the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>BAdrapada</foreign> in the year 1879 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era in <origPlace xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{k}ASI</origPlace> by the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>brAhmaRa</foreign> <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}AmarAtana</persName> from <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{g}avaqadeSa</placeName>. The date mentioned corresponds to <origDate when='1822-08-04'>Sunday, 4 August 1822</origDate>.</origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zaka 1754 [= 1832 or 1833]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> provides the date of completion of the manuscript in <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> 1754, which is equivalent to <origDate>March 1832 -- March 1833 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zaka 1743 [=1821]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>rAja zrI ApAdikSita dAtye</persName> <origDate>1831-08-27</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Saturday, on the 4th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SrAvaRa</foreign> in the year 1753, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SuBakra</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1831-08-27'>27 August 1831 A.D.</origDate>, by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}AjaSrI {A}pAdikzitadAtye</persName>, settled in <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{K}eqa</placeName>, on the bank of the river <geogName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{B}ima</geogName>, on the outskirts of <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{p}uRe</placeName>. <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{K}eqa</placeName> on the bank of the <geogName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{B}ima</geogName> river, is presumably the Khed near Pune mentioned in the <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#IGI'>Imperial Gazetteer of India <biblScope>Vol. V, p. 374</biblScope>.</bibl> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin xml:lang='sa-Deva-x-KH'><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate when='1831'>zake ..1753.. zubhakRtanAmasaMvatsare adhikavaizAkhavadya ..8.. tavAsare ..</origDate> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Deva-x-KH'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the 8th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the intercalary month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>vESAKa</foreign> in the year 1753, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SuBakfta</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1831-05-05'>5 May 1831 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>"unknown"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>samvat 1851 [= 1794]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed during the day on the 7th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>maticeta</foreign> in the year 1851 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era. The name of the month is unrecognizable, but the year corresponds to <origDate from='1794-03' to='1995-02'>March 1794 -- March 1795 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origDate></origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> The manuscript likely originates in <origPlace>Kashmir</origPlace>. The <ref target='xml/penn2563.xml#c'>colophon</ref> of UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2563, written in the same hand, dates that manuscript to the year <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>samvat</foreign> 1913, equivalent to <origDate from='1856' to='1857'>1856-57 c.e.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin xml:lang='sa-Deva-x-KH'><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate></origDate> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <provenance>The <ref target='#add1'>addition <quote xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>sahasraDizaRopAhvaSAstriRAM pustakaM tv idaM .. sataH satAM mude kASyAM viDi Bo dvijasattama ..1..</quote></ref> on <locus scheme='#continuous' from='1r' facs='#f1r'>f. 1r</locus> and <locus scheme='#continuous' from='16r' facs='#f16r'>f. 16r</locus> states that the manuscript belonged to <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{s}ahasraDizaRa {S}Astrin</persName> of <placeName>vArARasI</placeName>. </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>"not given"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>"not given"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origDate></origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName></persName> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Rāmacandra, son of Yādava</persName> <origDate>Thursday, 1871-11-16</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 4th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>kArttika</foreign> in the year 1793, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>prajApati</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1871-11-16'>Thursday, 16 November 1871 A.D.</origDate>, by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}Amacandra</persName>, son of <persName type='other' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{y}Adava</persName> with the approval of his teacher <persName type='other' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}AmaSAstri</persName> of <placeName>{k}arakaza</placeName>. The manuscript belonged to <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{h}ariBAU {v}iMJe {g}uhAgarakara</persName>. </origin> <provenance>The name <persName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{d}asrUpaQarinATa</persName> was added to the end of the <ref target='#c.add'>colophon</ref> and is probably the name of an owner or reader.</provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zake 1777; saMvat 1912; [= 1855]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the 13th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>AZAQa</foreign> in the year called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>praBava</foreign>, 1777 in the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era and 1912 in the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1855-06-13'>13 June 1855</origDate>, on the northern bank of the river <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}evA</placeName> by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>dAjI goviMda upADetaLe gAvakaramukAmaJAsIsa</persName> for <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>rAje SrIdAjI KaqeMrAvayAprata</persName>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Janārdanakoṇḍadeva Gāḍagila</persName>, scribe and owner of manuscript. <origDate>zaka 1743 [=1821]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c.s2'>second sentence of the colophon</ref> on <locus from='14v' facs='#f14v'>f. 14v</locus> identifies <persName>{J}anArdanakoRqadeva {G}Aqagila</persName> as the scribe and owner of the manuscript which was written, according to the <ref target='#c.s1'>first sentence of the colophon</ref>, <origDate when='1821'><foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{S}aka</foreign> 1743 [1821 c.e.]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed during the day on the 13th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>AzAQa</foreign> in the year called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>sADAraRa</foreign> in the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era. Every 44th year in the 60-year cycle of years in Indian calendars is called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>sADAraRa</foreign>, including <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> 1787, 1847, 1907, and 1967 corresponding to 1730-31, 1790-91, 1850-51, 1910-11 A.D. The date of completion of the manuscript given corresponds to either <origDate when='1730-06-28'>Wednesday, 28 June 1730 A.D.</origDate>, <origDate when='1790-07-24'>Saturday, 24 July 1790 A.D.</origDate>, <origDate when='1850-07-22'>Monday, 22 July 1850 A.D.</origDate>, or <origDate when='1910-07-20'>Wednesday, 20 July 1910 A.D.</origDate>. The acquisition of the manuscript by the University of Pennsylvania prior to <date when='1930'>1930</date> prohibits any later date. David Nelson placed the date in the 18th century (<origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate>) indicating one of the first two options. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>samvat 1887 [= 1830]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 2nd <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>pOza</foreign> in the year 1887, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>plava</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era, which corresponds with <origDate when='1830-12-17'>Friday, 17 December 1830 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>samvat 1862; zaka 1727; [=1805]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>cEtra</foreign> in the year 1862 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era and 1727 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds with <origDate when='1805-04'>April 1805 A.D.</origDate></origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate when='1811'>zaka 1733 [=1811]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Monday, on the 2nd <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SrAvaRa</foreign> in the year 1733, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>prajApati</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1811-07-22'>22 July 1811 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zake 1733 [=1811]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Sunday, on the 3rd <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>kArtika</foreign> in the year 1733, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>prajApati</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1811-10-05'>5 October 1811 A.D.</origDate>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin xml:lang='sa-Deva-x-KH'><persName></persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate when='1778-06-08'>vikrama 1835; ISO 8601 1778-06-08</origDate> <p> <quote>barSe saMva 1835 jyeSThamAse zuklapakSe triyodazyAM saMpUrNaMkRtAH .</quote> </p> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Deva-x-KH'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 13th day in the bright half in the month of {j}yezWa in the year 1835 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>vikramasaMvat</foreign> era, which corresponds with <origDate when='1778-06-08'>Monday, 8 June 1778 c.e.</origDate>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>saMvat 1872; zaka 1737; [=1815]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Sunday, on the 8th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>pOza</foreign> in the year 1872 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era and 1737 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1816-01-08'>8 January 1816 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>vAsudeva, son of bAlakRSNa</persName> <origPlace></origPlace> <origDate>saMvat 1909, zaka 1774 [=1852] </origDate> </origin> <provenance><date></date> <placeName></placeName> <quote xml:lang='sa-Deva-x-KH'></quote> </provenance> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c1'>beginning of the long colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Tuesday, on the 8th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the intercalary month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>BAdrapada</foreign> in the rainy season in the year 1774, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>raktAkzI</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1852-09-07'>7 September 1852 A.D.</origDate>, by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{v}Asudeva vAje</persName>, son of <persName type='other' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{b}AlakfzRa vAje</persName>. The manuscript belonged originally to <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{h}ariSarman {B}Agavata</persName>. <ref target='#c1.s5'>The colophon continues</ref> that the manuscript was used on some day or other on the full moon day or on the 11th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight for the evening <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>pUjA</foreign> during the festival of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{k}AlaBEravasaMkrAnti</foreign> in the year 1909 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era. If <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{k}AlaBEravasaMkrAnti</foreign> is the same as <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{m}akarasaMkranti</foreign>, the date of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>pUjA</foreign> corresponds to <date when='1853-02-19'>Saturday, 19 February 1853</date>, several months after the original transcription of the manuscript. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Dāḍekara Bhāskara</persName> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> mentions that the manuscript was written by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{d}InanATa</persName>. <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zaka 1747 [= 1825]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 1st <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>PAlguna</foreign> in the season <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SiSira</foreign> in the year 1747, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>pArTiva</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1825-03-09'>9 March 1826 A.D.</origDate>, by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{l}akzumaRa Bawwa sAMvrekara</persName>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Viṣṇubhaṭṭa, son of Rāmacandrabhaṭṭa</persName> <origDate>saMvat 1919; zaka 1784; [=1862]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <p>The <ref target='#c1'>first colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 4th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>cEtra</foreign> in the year 1919 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1862-04-18'>18 April 1862 A.D.</origDate>, by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{v}izRuBawwa</persName>, son of <persName type='other' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}AmacandraBawwa {n}irguMqIkara</persName>.</p> <p>The <ref target='#c2'>second colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed in the evening in the bright half of the year called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>BAva</foreign> in the year 1784 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to the same year.</p> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Dāḍekara Bhāskara</persName> <origDate>1798-06-26</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 13th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>AzAQa</foreign> in the year 1720, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>kAlayukta</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1798-07-11'>Wednesday, 11 July 1798 A.D.</origDate> by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{d}Aqekara {B}Askara</persName>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Owner: Dinakara</persName> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The first sentence of the <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript belonged to <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{d}inakara</persName>. The <ref target='#c.s2'>addition in red</ref> gives his family name <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{s}apre</persName>. <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>saMvat 1841 [=1784; (not 1768, DN)]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on in the middle of the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>kArttikeya</foreign> in the year 1841 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1831-05'>October 1784 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zake 1712 [=1790]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 4th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>pOza</foreign> in the year 1712, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>sADAraRa</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1791-01-09'>Sunday, 9 January 1791 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate when='1843'>zaka 1765 [=1843]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the full moon <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SrAvaRa</foreign> in the year 1765, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>SoBakft</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1843-08-10'>Thursday, 10 August 1843 A.D.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>saMvat 1888 [=1831]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the 12th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>cEtra</foreign> in the year 1888 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1831-05-09'>9 May 1831 A.D.</origDate>, by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}ADakfzRa</persName>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zaka 1765 [=1843]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate>zaka 1765 [=1843]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1900'>19--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1900'>19--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>not given</persName> <origDate>not given</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate></origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>Agastya</persName> <origDate>"not given"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c.s1'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was written by <persName>Agastya</persName> and <ref target='#c.s2'>continues in the same hand</ref> that it belonged to <persName>janArdana koMqadeva gAqagiLa yAMce</persName>. The fact that homage is offered to <persName>kASIviSveSvara</persName> hints that the location may have been <placeName>vArARasI</placeName>. <origDate>not given</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>"not given"</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate>saMvat 1814; zaka 1779</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c.s'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Tuesday, on the 2nd <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>mArgaSIrza</foreign> in the year 1914 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era and 1779 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1857-11-18'>18 November 1857 A.D.</origDate> on the date of a conjunction not recognized by the editor in the constellation <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>kfttikA</foreign> (<foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kfttikAkrUkze varyAhnayoge</foreign>). The manuscript was written for the scribe's own self-realization and for the purpose of others in <placeName>{a}yoDyA</placeName>, the door to heaven, the field of <persName type='character' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{r}Ama</persName>, and belonged to <persName type='owner'>{D}AmuDaccavakzadema</persName>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> The manuscript belonged to a kRSNabhairava; excess space after the mUla often ends with kRSNabhairavasya or kRSNabhairavasyedAM (e.g., f. 118v) or kRSNabhairavasyedaM (f. 120r) or kRSNAjIbhairavasyedaM (f. 129v) or [or some other invocation, like sIddhezvarAya namaH, f. 117v, zrIrAmacaMdrAya namaH f. 120r)]. This not added by another hand, but written by the scribe. Most clear: kRSNabhairavasyedaM pustakaM syAt (f. 132r). Also occurs at excess space at the end of the TIkA, e.g., f. 160v: kRSNAjIbhairavasyedaM. f. 161v: kRSNAjIbhairavasyedaM pustakaM. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> The manuscript originally belonged to a <persName type='owner' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{k}fzRaBErava</persName>. The scribe has frequently written a short passage identifying him as the owner to fill partial lines both at the end of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>mUla</foreign> as well as the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>wIkA</foreign>. At the end of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>mUla</foreign> one finds <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kfzRaBEravasyedaM pustakaM syAt</foreign> (<locus from='132r' facs='#f132r'>f. 132r</locus>), <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kfzRaBEravasyedAM</foreign> (<locus from='118v' facs='#f118v'>f. 118v</locus>), <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kfzRaBEravasyedaM</foreign> (<locus from='120r' facs='#f120r'>f. 120r</locus>), <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kRSNAjIbhEravasyedaM</foreign> (<locus from='129v' facs='#f129v'>f. 129v</locus>), or often merely <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kfzRaBEravasya</foreign>. Similarly at the end of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>wIkA</foreign>, one finds for example, <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>kfzRajIBEravasyedaM pustakaM</foreign> (<locus from='161v' facs='#f161v'>f. 161v</locus>), and <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>krzRAjIBEravasyedaM</foreign> (<locus from='160v' facs='#f160v'>f. 160v</locus>). </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18-- [TK: Not very old, 18th century at the earliest.]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate when='1700'>saMvat 1757 [= 1700]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, on the 5th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the bright fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{m}Adraka</foreign> in the year 1757 of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>saMvat</foreign> era by <persName>{c}aturBuja</persName> for the purpose of reading by <persName>{h}arigovinda</persName>. A month by the name of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1' rend='italic'>mAdraka</foreign>, however, is unknown and the term may instead refer to the kingdom of <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{m}adra</placeName> in the northwest of <placeName>India</placeName>. In any case, the year corresponds to <origDate from='1700-03' to='1701-03'>March 1700 -- March 1701 A.D.</origDate>. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The name of the scribe is obscured by corrections in the <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> on <locus from='16v' facs='#f16v'>f. 16v</locus>, which contains no other significant information. <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>???</persName> <origDate when='1790-02-03'>zaka 1711, magha, kRSNapakSa, 14. tithi; ISO 8601: 1790-02-03</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c.s3'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on the 4th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>mAGa</foreign> in the year 1711, called <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>sOmya</foreign>, of the <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>Saka</foreign> era, which corresponds to <origDate when='1790-02-03'>Wednesday, 3 February 1790 A.D.</origDate>. In addition, the <ref target='#c.s1'>beginning of the colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was written, which usually means copied but here may mean compiled as well, by <persName>{A}pana</persName>, son of <persName>{g}ovinda {B}awwa</persName>, the recitation teacher. </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The <ref target='#c'>colophon</ref> states that the manuscript was completed on Saturday, on the 6th <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>tiTi</foreign> of the dark fortnight in the month of <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>kArttika</foreign> in the middle of <placeName xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>siMhakaKaqA</placeName> by <persName type='scribe' xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>{h}aridAsa {v}EzRava</persName>. More of the name may be contained in the unclear remainder of the colophon. No year is given. <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin><persName>"not given"</persName> <origDate when='1811'>zaka 1733 [=1811]</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin>The manuscript likely originates in <origPlace>Kashmir</origPlace>. <ref target='xml/penn2563.xml#c'>The colophon</ref> of <bibl corresp='xml/penn2563.xml'>UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2563</bibl>, written in the same hand, dates that manuscript to the year <foreign xml:lang='sa-Latn-x-SLP1'>samvat</foreign> 1913, equivalent to <origDate from='1856' to='1857'>1856-57 c.e.</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1700' notAfter='1800'>17--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892-1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |
<history> <origin> <origDate notBefore='1800' notAfter='1900'>18--</origDate> </origin> <acquisition> <bibl corresp='xml/listbiblfile.xml#Nelson'>David Nelson (2000: <biblScope>203</biblScope>)</bibl> describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows: <quote> <p> <orgName>The University of Pennsylvania Library</orgName> 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 <placeName>India</placeName>, there are also a number of manuscripts from <placeName>Burma</placeName>, <placeName>Thailand</placeName>, <placeName>Sri Lanka</placeName>, and <placeName>Tibet</placeName>. </p> <p>Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the <orgName>Library</orgName> and the <orgName>University Museum</orgName> before <date when='1930'>1930</date>, but in that year, at the request of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName> (1892--1975), Provost <persName>Josiah Penniman</persName> provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. <persName>John Gribbel</persName>. Substantial contributions from Dr. <persName>Charles W. Burr</persName>, the <orgName>Faculty Research Fund</orgName>, and the <orgName>Cotton Fund</orgName> soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in <placeName>India</placeName>, <date from='1930' to='1935'>between 1930 and 1935</date>, under the direction of Professor <persName>W. Norman Brown</persName>. </p> </quote> </acquisition> </history> |