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Gītāmāhātmya, circa 1700-1850. = गीतामाहात्म्य, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 14 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2337
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.
Form/Genre:
Poems.
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Small manuscript likely carried as a kind of pocket booklet for use in 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.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 3r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: it[i] śrīvarāhapurāṇe śrībhagavatpṛthivīsaṃvāde gītāmahātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // idaṃ jośī upanāmakagoviṃdena likhitaṃ // moḍakopanāmakavināyakena pustakaṃ (f. 3r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.
Scribe is Govinda Jośī (f. 3r).
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by Vināyaka Moḍaka (f. 3r).
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 1435 (UP 2337).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2337
Contributor:
Jośī, Govinda, scribe.
Moḍaka, Vināyaka, former owner.
OCLC:
800401128