Details

Subjects:

Hindu mythology.
Worship (Hinduism).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Narayana (Hindu deity).
Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).
Ancestor worship -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Praise, veneration and worship of various Hindu deities, especially different forms of Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa, Narāyaṇa, etc) and the highest being in the universe (puruṣottama); includes veneration of one's ancestors.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 38v).
Written in 13-14 lines per leaf.
38 leaves foliated 1-38, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībṛhannāradīye purāṇe puruṣottamamāhātmye śrīnārāyaṇasaṃvāde puruṣottamamāhātmya śravaṇaphalakathanaṃnāma eka triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 31 // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // śrīpuruṣottamaprasannostu // saṃvat 1947 bhādrakṛṣṇa 4 caṃdre // śrīviśveśvarārpaṇamastu // śubhamastu // (f. 38v).
Dated saṃvat 1947 (1890) (f. 38v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 1141 (UP 314).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 314

OCLC:

779937760