Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Varāhapurāṇa. Cāturmāsyamāhātmya

Subjects:

Varāha (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Vratas.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu calendar.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Poems.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Presents legends about and praises the importance of the Cāturmāsaya, special four months in the Hindu calendar during the rainy season (Śrāvaṇa-Kārtika or July-November), prescribing special sacrifices to be performed and the benefits that will befall those who perform them. Presented as a dialogue between the deity Varāha (boar avatāra of Viṣṇu) and Dhāraṇī.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 110r).
Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
110 leaves foliated 1-110, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmadvārāhapurāṇe dharaṇīvārāhasaṃvāde cāturmāsya māhātmye saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 27 // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śake 1718 // nalanāmasaṃvat kārttikaśuklacaturthyāṃ guruvāsare m[ā]hātmya samāptaṃ // cha // śrīlakṣmīkāṃta // śrī (f. 110r).
Dated śaka 1718 (f. 110r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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 1436 (UP 2353).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2353

OCLC:

800403274