Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Narasiṃhapurāṇa

Other Title:

Nṛsiṃhapurāṇa.
Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhapurāṇa.

Subjects:

Monsters.
India.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Narasiṃha (Hindu deity).
Avatars (Religion).
Yama (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Monsters -- India.
Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text praising the Hindu deity Viṣnu, especially his manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiṃha). Contains mythology especially related to the avatāras of Viṣṇu and or a number of related demons such as Hiraṇyakaśipu; there is also a version of the Yamagītā, a song dedicated to the Vedic god of death. There is a contents page/index (anukrama) at the end of the manuscript (f. 150r).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 149v); alternate title Nṛsiṃhapurāṇa from folio abbreviations throughout, upper left verso; second alternate title Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhapurāṇa, from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
152 leaves foliated 1-128, 128, 128-150, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīnarasiṃhapurāṇe sūtabhāradvājādisaṃvāde sarvaduḥkhoharaṃśrīsamāpte narasiṃhapurāṇe śrīrastuḥ // śrīkalpāṇamastuḥ // śrīśubhaṃ bhavatuḥ // śrīḥ // chaḥ // śrīḥ // śrī // śrī // śrī /// śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // (f. 149v).
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 1083 (UP 2360).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2360

OCLC:

794176942