Śravaṇadvādaṣīvratakathā, 1778.
श्रवणद्वादशीव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

India.

Puja (Hinduism).

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Vratas.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Astronomy--India.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 325

Place of Publication:

1778.

१७७८.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observances (vrata) and worship (pūjā), especially to forms of Viṣṇu, to be performed on special occasions during the month of Bhādrapada (August-September) related to the Śravaṇa star. Rites include especially fasting. Presented as a discourse between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9r).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭirasaṃvāde śravaṇadvādaśīvratakathāsamāptāḥ // cha // cha śrī // saṃ[vat] 1830 // śubhaṃ bhavastuḥ // (f. 9r).

Dated saṃvat 1830 (1778) (f. 9r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 1281 (UP 325).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 325

OCLC:

796288679