Details

Standardized Title:

Mahābhārata. Śāntiparva. Anusmṛti

Subjects:

Epic literature, Sanskrit.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Worship (Hinduism).
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Selection of 73 verses from the Śāntiparvan of the Mahābhārata on the importance of remembering the Hindu deity Viṣṇu at death.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10r).
Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers and double daṇḍas when written in red. Attractive ornamental design, in red, on first and last leaf (f. 1r, f. 10v); several folios colored in yellow.
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ anusmṛti samāptā // śubhaṃ bhavat //
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 845 (UP489).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 489

OCLC:

320776489