Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2366
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:963

Contents

Work 1

Locus:(inferred foliation scheme) ff. 2v–[242]v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhagavadgītā
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:f2r-f10v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 1
   Incipit: (inferred foliation scheme) f. 2v:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ ..
māmakāḥ pāṁḍavā
ś caiva kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1..
Note:
BhG. 1.1; MBh. 6.23.1
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:f11r-f30r (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 2
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.3

   Locus:f30v-f43v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 3
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.4

   Locus:f44r-f57v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 4
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.5

   Locus:f58r-f67v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 5
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.6

   Locus:f67v-f81v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 6
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.7

   Locus:f81v-f91v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 7
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.8

   Locus:f92r-f102v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 8
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.9

   Locus:f103r-f114v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 9
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.10

   Locus:f115r-f126v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 10
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.11

   Locus:f127r-f143v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 11
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.12

   Locus:f144r-f149v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 12
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.13

   Locus:f150r-f161v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 13
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.14

   Locus:f162r-f173v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 14
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.15

   Locus:f174r-f183v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 15
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.16

   Locus:f184r-f192v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 16
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.17

   Locus:f193r-f207v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 17
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.18

   Locus:f208r-f242v (complete)
   Part:adhyāya 18
   Explicit: f241r-f241v:
f34r-f34v:

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ ..
tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama ..78..
Note:
BhG. 18.78; MBh. 6.40.78
   Final rubric: (inferred foliation scheme) f. [242]v:
(original foliation scheme) VI:35v:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bha()vadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yo
gaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde mokṣasaṁnyāsayogo nāma aṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ ..
18.. samāpteyaṁ gītā ..
   Colophon:None

Work 2

Locus:(inferred foliation scheme) ff. 1v–[242]v (complete)
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Incipit: (inferred foliation scheme) f. 1v:

śeṣāśeṣamukhavyākhyā
cāturyaṁ tv ekacakrataḥ ..
dadhāna madbhutaṁ vaṁde paramānaṁdamādhavaṁ 1

śrīmādhavaṁ
praṇamyo mādhavaṁ viśveśam ādarāt ..
tadbhaktiyaṁtritaḥ kurve gītāvyākhyāṁ su
bodhinīṁ 2
Explicit: f242r-f242v:
f35r-f35v:

svapragalbhya balād viloḍya bhagava
dbhītās tadaṁtargataṁ tatvaṁ prepsur apaiti kiṁ gurukṛpā pīyūṣadṛṣṭiṁ vinā ..
aṁbusvāṁ jalinā
nirasya jaladher āditsuraṁtamaṇī .. nāvartteṣu nakiṁ nimajjati janaḥ satkarṇadhāraṁ vi
nā ..3..
Final rubric: (inferred foliation scheme) f. [242]v:
(original foliation scheme) f. VI:35v:
iti subodhinyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ aṣṭādaśa ..18..
Colophon:none
Note:After the seven-verse introduction on (inferred foliation scheme) f. 1v and the first several lines of (inferred foliation scheme) f. 2r, Śrīdhara's comment on the first verse of the Bhagavadgītā begins in the middle of the fourth line on (inferred foliation scheme) f. 2r.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 3

Locus:(inferred foliation scheme) f. [242]v (complete)
Explicit: (inferred foliation scheme) f. [242]v:
(original foliation scheme) f. VI:35v:
end :

ślokaikaṁ dhṛ[tā]()
rāṣṭrasya nava du<r>yodhanasya ca
dvātriṁśat saṁjayasyoktā vedāṣṭāv arjunasya ca ..1..
jñānā
vabodho vedābdhipaṁca keśavanirmitāḥ ..
gītāgraṁthapramāṇaṁ syād evaṁ saptaśatāni ca ..
2..
Colophon:None

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:242
Dimension:13.8 x 26.8 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7–11 lines per page in hourglass format. The base text is written indented between the commentary written above and below it. Text sometimes continued into the margin.

Hands

Additions:

Numbers were added to the first original numbering scheme.

There are occasional marginalia.

Beginning in adhyāya 14, red ink is used to mark word boundaries, mainly in the mūla, but also occasionally in the commentary. Some words are then numbered also in red, as on (inferred foliation scheme) f. 165v, but the reason or system behind the numbering is not clear.

Decoration

Color:Mistakes are covered over with yellow pigment. Orange powder is used inconsistently to highlight certain verse numbers, final rubrics, and introduction of speakers.

History

Origin: 19–
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 – Bhagavadgītā.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

mū:
parvan 6:
[ aDyAya 23:
f.2v
Line 1: dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca .. dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ .. māmakāḥ pāṁḍavā
Line 2: ś caiva kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1.. [ [ aDyAya 40:
f.241r
Line 1: [ yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ ..
f.241v
Line 1: tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama ..78..
f.242v
Line 1:
iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bha()vadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yo
Line 2: gaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde mokṣasaṁnyāsayogo nāma aṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ ..
Line 3: 18.. samāpteyaṁ gītā ..
[ Commentary:
parvan 6:
[ aDyAya 23:
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. śrībhagavate vāsu[vāde]()ya namaḥ .. śeṣāśeṣamukhavyākhyā
Line 2: cāturyaṁ tv ekacakrataḥ .. dadhāna madbhutaṁ vaṁde paramānaṁdamādhavaṁ 1
śrīmādhavaṁ
Line 3: praṇamyo mādhavaṁ viśveśam ādarāt .. tadbhaktiyaṁtritaḥ kurve gītāvyākhyāṁ su
Line 4: bodhinīṁ 2 [
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Line 4: [

tatra tāvad dharmakṣetre ityādi
Line 5: nā viṣīdannidam abravīd ity aṁte graṁthena śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādaprastāvāya kathā nirū
Line 6: pyate .. [

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f.242r
Line 9: [ svapragalbhya balād viloḍya bhagava
f.242v
Line 1: dbhītās tadaṁtargataṁ tatvaṁ prepsur apaiti kiṁ gurukṛpā pīyūṣadṛṣṭiṁ vinā .. aṁbusvāṁ jalinā
Line 2: nirasya jaladher āditsuraṁtamaṇī .. nāvartteṣu nakiṁ nimajjati janaḥ satkarṇadhāraṁ vi
Line 3: nā ..3..
iti subodhinyāṁ śrīdharasvāmiviracitāyāṁ aṣṭādaśa ..18..
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f.180r
Line 1: ślokaikaṁ dhṛ[tā]()
Line 4: rāṣṭrasya nava du<r>yodhanasya ca dvātriṁśat saṁjayasyoktā vedāṣṭāv arjunasya ca ..1.. jñānā
Line 5: vabodho vedābdhipaṁca keśavanirmitāḥ .. gītāgraṁthapramāṇaṁ syād evaṁ saptaśatāni ca ..
Line 6: 2.. [
Record revised:12 February 2012