Janmāṣṭamīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850.
जन्माष्टमीव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bāla (son of Bhāskara Thiṭṭa), scribe.

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vratas.

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Puja (Hinduism).

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 335

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observances (vrata), rites, and worship (pūjā) performed during the month of Bhādrapada (August-September) in honor of the supposed birthday of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Notes:

Scribe is Bāla Thiṭṭa, the son of Bhāskara Thiṭṭa (f. 8v).

Title from colophon (f. 8v).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-7, [8], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe janmāṣṭamīvratakathāsaṃpūrṇa[ṃ] // śubham astu // idaṃ pustakaṃ thiṭṭopanāmakabhāskaraputreṇa bālena si likhitaṃ // saṃpūrṇam astu // kṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 8v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 1257 (UP 335).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 335

OCLC:

796287345