Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Other Title:

Arundhatīvratodyāpana vidhi.

Subjects:

Vratas.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Hindu mantras.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Rishis.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu astronomy.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observance (vrata) of various rites and recitation of mantras in honor and worship (pūjā) of Arundhatī, one of the wives of the legendary sages (ṛṣis) from Hindu mythology; she is often associated with a star in the Ursa Major constellation of stars. Manuscript was once folded in half to be carried more easily for personal use.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Arundhatīvratodyāpana vidhi from the incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti bhaviṣye aruṃdhatīkathāsaṃpūrṇa[ṃ] // (f. 6v).
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.
Notes on paper and bindings or wrappings.
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 1226 (UP 1461).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1461

OCLC:

796288664