Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2368
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:979

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1v–62v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhagavadgītā
Incipit: f. 1v:

aśo
cyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajāvādāṁś ca bhāṣase ..
gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocaṁti paṁḍitāḥ ..
Note:
BhG. 2.11; MBh. 6.24.11
Explicit: f. 62v:

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pā
rtho dhanurdharaḥ
tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā !ni!<nī>tir matir mama .
Note:
BhG. 18.78; MBh. 6.40.78
Final rubric:none
Colophon:none

Work 2

Locus:ff. 1r–63v (complete)
Author:Hanumat
Title:Bhagavadgītābhāṣya
Cover rubric: f. 1r:
śrīmadbhagavadgitābhāṣya() hanumadraci()sya prāraṁbho yam
Incipit: f. 1v:

asya śāstrasya saṁbaṁdhābhidheyaprayojanāny ucyaṁte tāni ca gītāśāstra
pratipāditāt paramātmasaṁbodhā()veti paramātmasvarūpam abhidheyaṁ paramātmanaḥ śāstrasya sādhyasādhanalakṣaṇasaṁbaṁdha iti viśiṣṭasaṁ
baṁdhābhidheyaprayojanaṁ yata()mokṣa eva [

Explicit: f62v-f63r:

yatra yeṣāṁ pakṣe yogamā
yeśvaraḥ śrīkṛṣṇo varttate yatra dhanurdharaḥ pārthaḥ varttate tatraiva śrīḥ rājyalakṣmīḥ vijayaḥ tatraiva ca
bhūtiḥ uttarottaravṛdhiś ca nītiḥ nyāyo pi tatraiva dhruvā niściteti . sarvatra saṁbadhyate iti mama
mati() niścayaḥ ataḥ śrīkṛṣṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajety arthaḥ ..

Final rubric: f. 63r:
iti śrīmadbhagavadgītābhāṣye hanumadvi
racite aṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ ..18..
Colophon: f. 63r:
idaṁ pustakaṁ agastyeṇa likhitaṁ ..janārdana koṁḍadeva gāḍagiḷa yāṁce pustaka ..
Final rubric: f. 63v:
.. śrībhagavadgītābhāṣyaṁ hanumadviracitaṁ sa<ṁpū>rṇam ..
Note:

After a short introduction, in the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya of Hanumat begins commenting on BhG 2.11; he does not comment on the first adhyāya nor on the first ten verses of the second adhyāya. The work includes the text of the ({B}agavadgItA 2.11–18.78) corresponding to MBh. 6.24.11–6.40.78.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper.
Extent:63
Dimension:12.3 x 31.9 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Very good with browned and cracked edges.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 10–17 lines per page, 17 on f. 31v. The verses of the Bhagavadgītā are embedded in line in the commentary set off by double daṇḍas on either end of each śloka through f. 31r, after which spaces left for the addition of daṇḍas remain empty until f. 40v–f. 63r, where a single faint red daṇḍa indicates the verse of the base text. Verses are generally not numbered; the numbers 3–7 on f. 2r–f.2v number (BhG. 2.13–17) (MBh. 6.24.13-17-), the third through seventh verses commented upon.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, irregular characters of varying stroke thickness, boldness, and size in wavy lines.
Additions:

Mistakes covered over with yellow, blocked out with black, or infrequently, written over. There are frequent minor marginal corrections.

Decoration

Color:Some mistakes covered over with yellow. daṇḍas are written in a faint red f. 40v–f. 63r.
Border:Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. A rectangular frame in red appears on f. [0]r:
and f. 63v.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was written by Agastya and continues in the same hand that it belonged to janArdana koMqadeva gAqagiLa yAMce. The fact that homage is offered to kASIviSveSvara hints that the location may have been vArARasI. not given
Acquisition: David Nelson (2000: 203) describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows:

“ The University of Pennsylvania Library possesses a collection of almost 3,300 Indic manuscripts, the largest such collection in the Western hemisphere. While the vast majority of these manuscripts are from India, there are also a number of manuscripts from Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.

Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the Library and the University Museum before 1930, but in that year, at the request of Professor W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), Provost Josiah Penniman provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. John Gribbel. Substantial contributions from Dr. Charles W. Burr, the Faculty Research Fund, and the Cotton Fund soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in India, between 1930 and 1935, under the direction of Professor W. Norman Brown. ”

Subject headings

SubjectLC:Mahābhārata.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Facsimile

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f. 4v,f. 5rf. 4v  f. 5r  
f. 5v,f. 6rf. 5v  f. 6r  
f. 6v,f. 7rf. 6v  f. 7r  
f. 7v,f. 8rf. 7v  f. 8r  
f. 8v,f. 9rf. 8v  f. 9r  
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f. 10v,f. 11rf. 10v  f. 11r  
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f. 12v,f. 13rf. 12v  f. 13r  
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f. 15v,f. 16rf. 15v  f. 16r  
f. 16v,f. 17rf. 16v  f. 17r  
f. 17v,f. 18rf. 17v  f. 18r  
f. 18v,f. 19rf. 18v  f. 19r  
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f. 26v,f. 27rf. 26v  f. 27r  
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f. 29v,f. 30rf. 29v  f. 30r  
f. 30v,f. 31rf. 30v  f. 31r  
f. 31v,f. 32rf. 31v  f. 32r  
f. 32v,f. 33rf. 32v  f. 33r  
f. 33v,f. 34rf. 33v  f. 34r  
f. 34v,f. 35rf. 34v  f. 35r  
f. 35v,f. 36rf. 35v  f. 36r  
f. 36v,f. 37rf. 36v  f. 37r  
f. 37v,f. 38rf. 37v  f. 38r  
f. 38v,f. 39rf. 38v  f. 39r  
f. 39v,f. 40rf. 39v  f. 40r  
f. 40v,f. 41rf. 40v  f. 41r  
f. 41v,f. 42rf. 41v  f. 42r  
f. 42v,f. 43rf. 42v  f. 43r  
f. 43v,f. 44rf. 43v  f. 44r  
f. 44v,f. 45rf. 44v  f. 45r  
f. 45v,f. 46rf. 45v  f. 46r  
f. 46v,f. 47rf. 46v  f. 47r  
f. 47v,f. 48rf. 47v  f. 48r  
f. 48v,f. 49rf. 48v  f. 49r  
f. 49v,f. 50rf. 49v  f. 50r  
f. 50v,f. 51rf. 50v  f. 51r  
f. 51v,f. 52rf. 51v  f. 52r  
f. 52v,f. 53rf. 52v  f. 53r  
f. 53v,f. 54rf. 53v  f. 54r  
f. 54v,f. 55rf. 54v  f. 55r  
f. 55v,f. 56rf. 55v  f. 56r  
f. 56v,f. 57rf. 56v  f. 57r  
f. 57v,f. 58rf. 57v  f. 58r  
f. 58v,f. 59rf. 58v  f. 59r  
f. 59v,f. 60rf. 59v  f. 60r  
f. 60v,f. 61rf. 60v  f. 61r  
f. 61v,f. 62rf. 61v  f. 62r  
f. 62v,f. 63rf. 62v  f. 63r  
f. 63vf. 63v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

mū:
aDyaya 2:
f.1v
Line 8: [ aśo
Line 9: cyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajāvādāṁś ca bhāṣase .. gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocaṁti paṁḍitāḥ .. [ aDyaya 18:
[
f.62v
Line 9: [ yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pā
Line 10: rtho dhanurdharaḥ tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā !ni!<nī>tir matir mama . Commentary:
f.1r
Line 1: śrīmadbhagavadgitābhāṣya() hanumadraci()sya prāraṁbho yam śrīrāṁm aDyaya 2:
f.1v
Line 1: śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ .. .. śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ .. .. õm ..

asya śāstrasya saṁbaṁdhābhidheyaprayojanāny ucyaṁte tāni ca gītāśāstra
Line 2: pratipāditāt paramātmasaṁbodhā()veti paramātmasvarūpam abhidheyaṁ paramātmanaḥ śāstrasya sādhyasādhanalakṣaṇasaṁbaṁdha iti viśiṣṭasaṁ
Line 3: baṁdhābhidheyaprayojanaṁ yata()mokṣa eva [

[ [ aDyAya 18:
[
f.62v
Line 10: [

yatra yeṣāṁ pakṣe yogamā
f.63r
Line 1: yeśvaraḥ śrīkṛṣṇo varttate yatra dhanurdharaḥ pārthaḥ varttate tatraiva śrīḥ rājyalakṣmīḥ vijayaḥ tatraiva ca
Line 2: bhūtiḥ uttarottaravṛdhiś ca nītiḥ nyāyo pi tatraiva dhruvā niściteti . sarvatra saṁbadhyate iti mama
Line 3: mati() niścayaḥ ataḥ śrīkṛṣṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajety arthaḥ ..

iti śrīmadbhagavadgītābhāṣye hanumadvi
Line 4: racite aṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ ..18..
hariḥ õ śubham astu . śrīgurubhyo namaḥ . śrīkṛṣṇasya pādāraviṁ
Line 5: dayor acaṁcalā bhaktiprasādasiddhir astu .. .. ca .. ca .. ca .. ca .. ca
Line 6: ..
end :
Line 7:

idaṁ pustakaṁ agastyeṇa likhitaṁ .. kāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu ..


Line 8: visargabiṁdumātrāṇi padapādākṣarāṇi ca . nyūnāni cātiriktāni kṣamasva parameśvara . yad akṣara
Line 9: padabhraṣṭaṁ mātrāhīnaṁ tu yad bhavet . tat sarvaṁ kṣamyatāṁ deva nārāyaṇa namo stu te ..1..

ca .. ca ..
Line 10:
janārdana koṁḍadeva gāḍagiḷa yāṁce pustaka .. śrīmahādevāya namaḥ .. śrī śamacaṁdrāya namaḥ .. .. śrīvāsudeva


f.63v
Line 1:
.. śrībhagavadgītābhāṣyaṁ hanumadviracitaṁ sa<ṁpū>rṇam ..
Record revised:13 February 2012