Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

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 Paraśurāma Dāḍekara, son of Mahādeva Dāḍekara (21r).
Title from colophon (f. 21v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // cha // śake 1656 ānaṃdanāmasaṃvatsare mārgaśīrṣaṣuklapaṃcamyām idam pustakaṃ dāḍekaropanāmmāmahādevātmajaparaśurāmeṇa likhitaṃ // svārthaṃ paropakārārthaṃ ca // cha // śrīsavitāsūryanārāyaṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 21r-22v).
Dated śaka 1656 (1734) (f. 21v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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 1236 (UP 2470).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2470

Contributor:

Paraśurāma (son of Mahādeva Dāḍekara), scribe.

OCLC:

796287337