Details

Subjects:

Bhagavadgītā.
Hindu mythology.
Panjabi literature.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Panjabi (Lahndā or Gurmukhi)

Summary:

Synopsis of the Bhagavadgītā, giving a highlight and celebrating the greatness (māhātmya) of each of the work's 18 chapters, along with lauding the benefits of reading the text. Derived from a larger work, the full Bhagvadagītā giānu, which typically contains the Sanskrit original and Hindi prose paraphrase of the Sanskrit.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
104 leaves foliated 1-70 [71-104], upper left recto.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some minor corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and single black line.
Manuscript is bound with string along left edge of manuscript in codex format though written on locally made paper.

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 6661 (UP 2638).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2638.

OCLC:

932231322