Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Nāradapurāṇa. Selections.

Other Title:

Nāradīyapurāṇa.

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu mythology.
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Rites performed in honor of the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa for the purpose of dispelling distress, especially on his birthday (often referred to simply as caturthī). Presented as a discourse between the legendary sage Vyāsa and the king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14v); alternate title Nāradīyapurāṇa from colophon (f. 14v).
Written in 6-9 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīnāradīyapurāṇe vyāsayudhīṣṭīrasaṃvāde saṃkaṣṭacaturthīvratasamāptaṃ // cha // śrīrām (f. 14v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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 1075 (UP 1409).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1409

OCLC:

786338806