Details

Standardized Title:

Mahābhārata. Śāntiparva. Anusmṛti

Other Title:

Viṣṇuranusmṛtistotra.

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r); alternate title Viṣṇuranusmṛtistotra also from colophon (f. 8r).
Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers and double daṇḍas written in red. Mistakes rubbed out and written over or covered with yellow.
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ vaipāśakyāṃśc[ā]nusāsanirkadānadhamauviṣṇur anusmṛtistotraṃ sapūrṇaṃ (f. 8r).
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 851 (UP 2666).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2666

OCLC:

335602090