Bhāgavatapurāṇa

Bhāgavatapurāṇa is listed among the18 Mahāpurāṇas. This Ms. contains a commentary Bhāgavatabhāvārthadīpikā by Śrīdharasvāmin which gives good clarity on the complex philosophy and devotional themes present in the text. The text primarily belongs to the Vaiṣṇava philosophy. It emphasizes devotion to Kṛṣṇa, avatāra (incarnate) of supreme deity Viṣṇu. The text discuses the creation of the universe, different realms of existance and the cyclic nature of time. The text is rich in philosophies of Vedānta sects like Advaita, Viśiṣṭādvaita and Dvaita. It has abundance of Bhakti Yoga and some elements of Sāṃkhya philosophy. The text is also popularly used as a prayer in public gatherings for devotion commonly known as Bhāgavata kathā narrated and explained by a Kathā Vācaka (Story Teller) to the audience envoking themes related to Dharma in the context of domestic and professional life. The main text consists of 12 Skandhas (Cantos) which are further divided into 335 Adhyāyas with 18,000 verses depending on the edition. This Ms. contains Skandha-1 ((9 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–70a) part 1, Skandha-2 (10 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–40a) part 2, Skandha-3 (33 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–108a) part 3, Skandha-4 (31 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–91a) part 4, Skandha-5 (26 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–69a) part 5, Skandha-6 (9 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–54a) part 6, Skandha-7 (15 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–55a) part 7, Skandha-8 (24 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–53a) part 8, Skandha-9 (24 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–52a) part 9, Skandha-10 (90 Adhyāyas) Pūrvardha (Adhyāya 1–49) (f.1b–145a) part 10, Uttarārdha (Adhyāya 50–90) (f.1b–116a) part 11, Skandha-11 (31 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–110a) part 12, Skandha-12 (13 Adhyāyas) (f.1b–37a) part 13. This Ms. is written in 10–16 lines per folio. Cover amd back page of each part is blank. Title present in colophon after every chapter. There are 2 double red vertical margins present on each side with yellow in between. There is a square present in the centre of the text of 1st and last folio of each part. The (Pūrṇavirāma) full stop style vertical brackets, introduction and colophon text are in red. Mistakes are covered with yellow. Marginal corrections present. Text continues in the right margin on many folios. The Ms. is dated along with scribe Harabhaṭṭa.