Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Padmapurāṇa. Karavīramāhātmya. Selections.

Subjects:

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
India.
Hindu goddesses.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Pāṇḍuraṅga (Hindu deity).
Krishna (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Praises the pilgrimage center of Karavīra, related to the modern city of Kolhapur in Maharashtra (India), suggesting that it surpasses even the famous center of Vārāṇasī. Especially praises the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī and mentions regional deities such as Pāṇḍuraṅga, a youthful god sometimes equated with Kṛṣṇa and well known in Maharashtra. Presented as a discussion between the legendary sage Agasti and his wife Lopāmudrā. Text is incomplete containing full chapters from 1-19 (f. 1v-49r) and ending in chapter 20 with: jāpyate paśavaṃputrādha (f. 58r).

Notes:

Title from colophon of chapter 19 (f. 49r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
59 leaves foliated 1-22, 24, 24-58, [i], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe karavīramāhātmye agastilopāmudrāsaṃvāde sarvatīrtha[sa]rvatīrthavarṇaṃ naṃnāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 19 // (f. 49r).
Mistakes 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 1089 (UP 2349).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2349

OCLC:

793424986