Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Other Title:

Roṭikāvrata.

Subjects:

Vratas.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observances (vrata), various rites, and worship, in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva and highlights the bilva, ceremonial leaf. Presented as a dialogue between the legendary king Bhadrākṣa and the sage Dūrvāsa. Additional foliation (f. 139-145) is written on the manuscript and was likely part of a larger work on vratas; it was likely housed with Item 1452 and created by the same scribal hand.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe bhadrākṣadūrvāsasaḥ saṃvāde roṭikāsomanāthavratakathāsaṃpūrṇā // (f. 7v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 1276 (UP 1460).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1460

OCLC:

796376235