Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Puja (Hinduism).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu mantras.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).
Krishna (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text dedicated to the worship of various Hindu deities, including Ganeśa and several Vedic gods, beginning on the 4th day in the month of Āśvin (September-October). Observances (vrata) are to be performed by a Brahman priest along with his wife. Includes ritual offerings given to guests in one's home, flowers cupped in both hands; offerings of sweetmeats (such as modaka), meritorious gifts, mantras, and other rites associated with pūja. Presented as a discussion between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes:

Title colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe daśarathalalitāvrataṃ samāptaṃ // cha // cha // idaṃ pustakaṃ lallarāmacaṃdrasunoḥ vaijanāthadīkṣatasya saṃ[vat] 1851 āśvinaśudha 10 budhau śubhaṃ bhavatu (f. 3v).
Dated saṃvat 1851 (1794) (f. 3v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow, white, or blacked out; some corrections and extensive additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in faded yellow throughout. Second half of colophon written in second scribal hand.
Non-Latin script record.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Vaijanāthadīkṣata the son of Lallarāmacandra (f. 3v).

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 1262 (UP 1677).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1677

OCLC:

798255513