Details

Subjects:

Krishna (Hindu deity).
Epic literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu cosmology.

Form/Genre:

Drawings (visual works)
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Commentary (uddyota) on the epic text Harivaṃśa, a supplement to the Mahābhārata, focusing on the birth and youth of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and especially establishing his central position in Hindu cosmology. Attributed elsewhere to the author Mahādeva Paṇḍita.

Notes:

Colophon: iti haribaṃśodyotaḥ samāptaḥ // varṣe saṃvat 1835 jyeṣṭamāse śuklapakṣe triyodaśyāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ kṛtāḥ / śubhaṃ / (f. 44r).
Dated: saṃvat 1835 jyeṣṭamāse śuklapakṣe triyodaśyāṃ (Monday, June 8, 1778) (f. 44r).
Folios 1 verso and 44 recto are framed in a very attractive bordering device in yellow, black, and red. In the center of both these folio sides is a drawing of a lotus in deep red, red, green, and yellow. Significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout; triple vertical red lines mark borders of text throughout.
Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
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 990 (UP 2248).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2248

OCLC:

429484310