Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Vratas.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Moon -- Religious aspects.
Moon.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text which marks the conclusion (udyāpana) of a set of observances (vrata) and rites in honor and worship of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, referred to as Ananta. Rites are performed during the month of Bhādra (August-September) during the full moon.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe anaṃtavratodyāpanaṃ samāptaḥ // // śrī anaṃtadevatāya namaḥ // (f. 3v).
Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
Mistakes blacked out. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2286, Item 2287, 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 1538 (UP 2285).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2285

OCLC:

800355938