Brahmagītā, 1747 or 1847.
ब्रह्मगीता

Format:

• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Mādhavācārya, commentator.
• Janārdana (son of Ballāḷa), scribe.

Standardized Title:

• Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Śiva (Hindu deity).
• Siva (Hindu deity).
• Śaivism.
• Pāśupatas.
• Brahma (Hindu deity).
• Brahman.
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
• Puja (Hinduism).
• Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.
• Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
• India.
• Hindu philosophy.

Genre:

• Poems.
• Prayers.
• Hymns.
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (133 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 35 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1149

Place of Publication:

• 1747 or 1847.
• १७४७, १८४७.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private consultation and reflection. Text defines different ways of performing pūjās, vows (vratas), praises (stotras), and celebrations of pilgrimage sites, as well as having philosophical concerns, which include the knowledge of the deity Śiva (śivajñāna) and that of the universal concept Brahman (brahmavidya). Text sees itself as the "essence" of all upaniṣads although representing a medieval text. Part of the Yajn̄avaibhavakāṇḍa, a subsection of the Sūtasaṃhitā of the Skandapurāṇa, possibly composed by the Pāśupata sect of Śaivism and composed around the 6th century AD. Commentary attributed to the 13-14th century A.D. philosopher Mādhavācārya, running above and below the main text.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 132r); alternate title Yajn̄avaibhavakāṇḍa from colophon of commentary (f. 132r).
• Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
• 133 leaves foliated [i], 1-132, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe sūtasaṃhitāyāṃ yajn̄avaibhavakhaṃḍasyoparibh[ā]ge brahmagītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ dvādaśodhyāyaḥ śrībrahmagītāsamāptaṃ // (f. 132r).
• Colophon (Commentary): iti matkāśīvilāsakriyāś[a]ktiparamabhata śrīmatryaṃbakapādābjasevāparāyaṇenopaniṣanmārgapravartakena mādhavācāryeṇa viracitāyāṃ sūtasaṃhitātātparyadīpikāyāṃ yajn̄avaibhavakhaṃḍasyoparibhāge tat saditiśrībrahmagītāyāṃ dvādaśodhyāyaḥ 12 tātmanakaraballāḷātmajajanārdanena likhitaṃ sam[v]at 1804 aśvinakṛṣṇa 11 budhau śake 1769 likhitaṃ saṃ - (f. 132r).
• Dated saṃvat 1804 (1747) and śaka 1769 (1847) (f. 132r); dates are not consistent, but it is not clear which is the correct date.
• Scribe is Janārdana, son of Ballāḷa (f. 132r)
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Decorative border on front cover (f. 1r).
• Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1517 (UP 1149).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1149

OCLC:

785149199