Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa

Other Title:

Sūryanārāyaṇasahasranāmastotra

Subjects:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns.
Sūrya (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Hymn dedicated to the god Sūrya (the Sun), giving one thousand common names in the form of mantras (words and phrases of power) directed at the deity.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14r); alternate title Sūryanārāyaṇasahasranāmastotra from title page (f. 15v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated [i], 1-14, [15], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe sumaṃtuśatānīkasaṃvāde śrīsūryaṃ sahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 14r).
Dated śaka 1742 (1820) (f. 14r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; floral design on the final folio (f. 14v).

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 1285 (UP 2325).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2325.

OCLC:

960910171