Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observances (vrata) and worship (pūjā), especially to forms of Viṣṇu, to be performed on special occasions during the month of Bhādrapada (August-September), related to the Śravaṇa star over which Viṣṇu presides. Rites include especially fasting. Presented as a discourse between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śravaṇadvādaśībrataṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ // (f. 7v).
Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
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 1282 (UP 2287).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2287

OCLC:

798927737