Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Other Title:

Gajagaurīvrata.

Subjects:

Corvus.
India.
Gaurī (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Corvus -- India.
Elephants -- Symbolic aspects.
Hindu astronomy.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Kuntī (Hindu mythological character).

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text is a description of the observance and rites (vrata) dedicated to the Hindu goddess Gaurī (a form of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva), sitting on top of a white elephant (hasta or gaja). Rites are performed when the sun enters into the constellation of Hasta (identified partly with the constellation Corvus). Presented as a conversation between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Kunti.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Gajagaurīvrata from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe hastagaurīvrataṃ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; 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 1289 (UP 1430).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1430

OCLC:

798258252