Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa

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:

Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Bākare (f. 13r).
Title from colophon (f. 13r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-13, [14], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // bākare ity upanāmakanārāyaṇena likhitaṃ sapre ity upanāmadinakarabhaṭṭasyedaṃ pustakaṃ dattaṃ // śrīmahālasālakṣmīmasanno bhavatu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // śrī // saṃvat 1886 āṣāṭaghadya 1 likhitaṃ ravivāra // cha // (f. 13r).
Dated saṃvat 1886 (1829) (f. 13r).
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.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Nakarabhaṭṭa Sapre (f. 13r).

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 1237 (UP 2471).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2471

Contributor:

Bākare, Nārāyaṇa, scribe.

OCLC:

796287333