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.
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 colophon (f. 14r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde // ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīsavitāsūryanārāyaṇārpaṇamastu // cha // śake 1717 rākṣasanāmasaṃvatsare āśvinaśukladvādaśyāṃ bhānuvāsare tad dine śrīvārdakṣetre gaṃgāpurīvāstavyāni dāḍekaropanāmakabhāskarabhaṭṭena likhitaṃ // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 14r).
Scribe is Bhāskarabhaṭṭa Dāḍekara from the Śrīvārda district in the city of Gaṅgāpurī, Maharashtra.
Dated śaka 1717 (1795) (f. 14r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
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 1235 (UP 2465).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2465

Contributor:

Dāḍekara, Bhāskarabhaṭṭa, scribe.

OCLC:

796288671