Details

Standardized Title:

Mahābhārata. Śāntiparva. Anusmṛti
महाभारत शान्तिपर्व अनुस्मृति.

Other Title:

Viṣṇudharmottara.

Subjects:

Epic literature, Sanskrit.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Worship (Hinduism).
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Selection of 74 verses from the Śāntiparvan of the Mahābhārata on the importance of remembering the Hindu deity Viṣṇu at death.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14v); alternate title Viṣṇudharmottara also from colophon (f. 14v).
Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas in red; a few marginal corrections and many very lengthy additions in margins, possibly a commentary; Telugu script in margin (f. 1r).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śāṃtiparvaṇi śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ viṣṇudharmottare anusmṛtya sampūrṇam //
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 850 (UP 2496).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2496

OCLC:

320537710