Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2380
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1338

Contents

Work 1 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–74v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Part:Skandha 1
Rubric: f. 1r
atha prathamaskaṁdhaprāraṁbhaḥ
Incipit: f. 1v
janmādyasya yato <'>nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ [.]svarāṭ (.)
tene brahma hṛdā ya ādikavaye muhyaṁti yat sūrayaḥ ..
tejovārimṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo <'>mṛṣā
dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi ..1.. ( BhP. 1.1.1 ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
Explicit: f. 74r
sūta uvāca
evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā ślakṣṇayā girā ..
pratyabhāṣata dharmajño bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ ..40.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 1.19.40 )
Final rubric: f. 74r
iti śrībhāgava!va!<>te mahāpurāṇe prathamaskaṁdhe 'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ śrīśukāgamanaṁ nāma ekonaviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..
Final rubric: f. 74r
.. iti bhāgavate prathamaskaṁdha<ḥ>samāpta!ḥm!<> iti!ḥ!<> ..
Colophon: f. 74v
lekhakapāṭhak!o!<a>yo<ḥ> śubhaṁ bhavatu!ḥ!<> ..
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 2 (complete)

Locus:ff. 1r–74v
Author:Śrīdharasvāmin
Part:ad skandha 1
Incipit: f. 1v
õ namaḥ ..
śrīparamahaṁsāsvaditacaraṇakamalacinmakaraṁdāya bhaktajanamānasanivāsāya śrīrāmacaṁdrāya ..
vāgīśā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi .
yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 1, ad 1.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
Explicit: f. 74r
evam aho ityādikayā (ślakṣṇayā madhu)rayā girā ābhāṣitaḥ abhimu!ṣī!<khī>kṛtaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca ..40.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, ad 1.19.40 )
āryaṁ dharmajam āhatārim avanau kṛtvā parīkṣin nṛpaṁ
brahmāstrād abhirakṣitaṁ kalijayakhyātaṁ ca kṛtvā bhuvi ..
aṁte yaḥ śukarūpataḥ svaparamajñānopad!a!<e>śena taṁ
śāpād āvadamuṁ namāmi paramānaṁdākṛtiṁ mādhavam .1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, 1.19 final verse ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
Final rubric: f. 74r
iti śrībhāgavate bhāvārthadīpikāṭīkāyām ekonaviṁśo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper
Extent:74 folia
Dimension:15.1 x 35.5 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio, and additionally on the recto of the last ( f. 74r ). On f. 64v , the numeral foreign 34 is written instead of foreign 64 in the upper left margin.
   Formula:1–74
   Signatures:bhā0 pra0 ṭī0 is written above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio and on f. 74r, bhā0 pra0 saṭī0 on f. 34v. Above the folio number in the lower right margin, śrīrāma0 is written on f. 1v, rāmaḥ on f. 3v, and rāma0 on f. 2v, f. 4vf. 74v.
Collation: Single folia
Condition:Excellent.
Binding: Unbound
Seal: A circular stamp on the right of f. 74v reads Library University Pennsylvania.
Layout:Written in 9–16 lines per page in an hourglass arrangement with commentary above and below the base text.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, bold, regular characters, some tilted forward, some backward, in wavy and tilted lines.
Additions:

Mistakes are covered over with yellow, crossed through, or written over. There are marginal and interlinear additions by different hands, some lengthy, for example on f. 35r. On f. 4v an entire line of the base text is yellowed out; the text that remains is continuous.

Decoration

Color:Some final rubrics, some introductions of speakers, and some double daṇḍas are written in red. Other final rubrics, introductions of speakers, and double daṇḍas are written in purple. Orange powder is rubbed over numbers, some final rubrics, and some words. Yellow is used to cover mistakes.
Border:Triple red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page, except f. 64v.

History

Origin: 18–
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:Puranas – Bhāgavatapurāṇa – 1. skandha.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

Record history

Revised: 25 April 2012

Facsimile  (work )

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Transcription (text structure)


Mūla:
atha prathamaskaṁdhaprāraṁbhaḥ
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..
janmādyasya yato <'>nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ [.]svarāṭ (.)
tene brahma hṛdā ya ādikavaye muhyaṁti yat sūrayaḥ ..
tejovārimṛdāṁ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo <'>mṛṣā
dhāmnā svena sadā nirastakuhakaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi ..1.. ( BhP. 1.1.1 ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
<...>
<...>
sūta uvāca
evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā ślakṣṇayā girā ..
pratyabhāṣata dharmajño bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ ..40.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( BhP. 1.19.40 )
iti śrībhāgava!va!<>te mahāpurāṇe prathamaskaṁdhe 'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ śrīśukāgamanaṁ nāma ekonaviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ ..
rāma .. ..
.. iti bhāgavate prathamaskaṁdha<ḥ>samāpta!ḥm!<> iti!ḥ!<> ..
lekhakapāṭhak!o!<a>yo<ḥ> śubhaṁ bhavatu!ḥ!<> ..
rāmaḥ ..

Commentary:
śrīmahāgaṇapatye namaḥ ..
śrī lakṣmīśrīnṛsiṁhāya namaḥ ..
õ namaḥ ..
śrīparamahaṁsāsvaditacaraṇakamalacinmakaraṁdāya bhaktajanamānasanivāsāya śrīrāmacaṁdrāya ..
vāgīśā yasya vadane lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi .
yasyāste hṛdaye saṁvit taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje ..1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 1, ad 1.1.1 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
<...>
<...>
evam aho ityādikayā (ślakṣṇayā madhu)rayā girā ābhāṣitaḥ abhimu!ṣī!<khī>kṛtaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca ..40.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, ad 1.19.40 )
āryaṁ dharmajam āhatārim avanau kṛtvā parīkṣin nṛpaṁ
brahmāstrād abhirakṣitaṁ kalijayakhyātaṁ ca kṛtvā bhuvi ..
aṁte yaḥ śukarūpataḥ svaparamajñānopad!a!<e>śena taṁ
śāpād āvadamuṁ namāmi paramānaṁdākṛtiṁ mādhavam .1.. ( Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin 1965 vol. 1, p. 809, 1.19 final verse ) (Śārdūlavikrīḍita)
iti śrībhāgavate bhāvārthadīpikāṭīkāyām ekonaviṁśo <'>dhyāyaḥ ..