Gītāmāhātmya, circa 1700-1850. = गीतामाहात्म्य, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2183
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34m91985 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Puranas. Varāhapurāṇa. Bhagavadgītāmāhātmya.
- Subjects:
- Recitations.
Varāha (Hindu deity).
Hindu goddesses.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Songs, Sanskrit.
Recitations -- Religious aspects.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Mantras in the Vedas. - Form/Genre:
- Poems.
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Small manuscript for use in public or private meditation and prayer. Dedicated to praising the importance of the well-known Hindu work the Bhagavadgītā as a sacred work and expounding on the merits of its recitation, comparing it to visiting various sacred pilgrimage sites (tīrtha). Presented as a dialogue between the wild boar form of Viṣṇu called Varāha and the goddess earth, Pṛthivī. Ends with Vedic mantras.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 9 -10 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe śrībhagavatpṛthivīsaṃvāde gītāmahātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // kecij jīvāḥ kāmyamānāḥ kecitkarmavaśānugāḥ // bhuṃjaṃtumamacochiṣṭhaṃśeṣaṃpātrāt bahikṣipet // r[au]rave pūyanilaye padmārbudanivāsināṃ // arthinām udakaṃ dattam akṣaiyam upatiṣṭhatu // samāptaḥ // (f. 2r).
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 1434 (UP 2183).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2183
- OCLC:
- 800358931