Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Dialogues.
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 colophon (f. 12v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇ[ā]rjjunasa[ṃ]vāde ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇa[ṃ] subha[m] astu śaṃvat 1811 miti ku[?]raśudi 10 vāravihaphai (f. 12v).
Dated saṃvat 1811 (1753) (f. 12v).
Mistakes blacked out.
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 1229 (UP 419).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 419

OCLC:

796288656