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. Last part of colophon (starting: śrīādityāyanamaḥ) written in a different scribal hand.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 22v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // subham astu // idaṃ pustakaṃ paropakārārthaṃ // śrīādityāyanamaḥ // rāmaḥ // pustakam etad dharmādhikārinārāyaṇasya // bhānave namaḥ // cha // cha // (f. 12v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; double red, vertical lines indicate margins; verse dividers highlighted in red throughout.
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 1230 (UP 450).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 450

OCLC:

796367826