Details

Other Title:

Anantavratapūja.

Subjects:

Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Vratas.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Ritual (pūjā) and observances (vrata) performed for personal and worldly benefit; dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in the form of Ananta and propitiates and praises other deities such as Yamunā and Indra; includes hymns to these deities, breath exercises, collection of mantras, etc; possibly connected to the Padmapurāṇa (f. 9r).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 23v); alternate title Anantavratapūja from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti [a]naṃtapūjāsamāptaḥ // mitī kārttikavadya 8 vivāre samāptaḥ saṃvat 1853 // śrī // śrī // (f. 23v).
Dated saṃvat 1853 mitī kārttikavadya 8 (Tuesday, November 8, 1796) (f. 23v).
Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 3451 (UP 358).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 358

OCLC:

837660703