Anantavratakathā, circa 1760-1761.
अनन्तव्रतकथा

Format:

• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Vishnu (Hindu deity).
• Vratas.
• Rites and ceremonies--India.
• Rites and ceremonies.
• India.
• Puja (Hinduism).

Genre:

• prayers (compositions)
• poems
• hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2286

Other Title:

Anantapūjā.

Place of Publication:

• circa 1760-1761.
• १७६०-१७६१.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

First part of the text is dedicated to the worship (pūjā) and veneration of Ananta, a form of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Second part of the text is dedicated to the outlining the procedures and benefits related to vows (vratas) performed in honor of Ananta.

Contents:

• Anantapūjā
• Anantavratakathā.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 18v); alternate title Anantapūjā from incipit (f. 1v).
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
• 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti śrībhaṣiṣyobharapurāṇe anaṃtavratakathā sampūrṇā // [symbol] // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ // śrīrāma // (f. 18v).
• Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
• 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 1223 (UP 2286).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2286

OCLC:

793105478