Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Sūrya (Hindu deity).
Sun worship.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Arjuna (Hindu mythological character).
Krishna (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of hymns, mantras, and praises to the Sun god (Āditya also called Sūrya) used for private or public recitation, meditation, and prayer. presented as a conversation between the legendary prince Arjuna and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
28 leaves foliated 1-28, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // // śrīsavitāsūryanārāyaṇārpaṇam astu // // śake 1816 parābhavanāmasaṃvatse dakṣiṇāyane śarakrutau kārtike māse kṛṣṇapakṣe navabhyāṃ tithau somyavāsare tad dine śrīvārāṇasyāṃ idaṃ pustakaṃ samāpitāṃ // cha // (f. 27v).
Dated śake 1816 (1894) (f. 27v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Edges of manuscript have a rounded pattern cut.
Non-Latin script record.

Penn Provenance:

From the city of Vārānasī (f. 27v).

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 1227 (UP 383).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 383

OCLC:

796042001