Janmāṣṭamīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850.
जन्माष्टमीव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

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 ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1452

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. Additional foliation (f. 122-129) suggests that it was part of a larger manuscript and was likely housed with similar texts; Item 1460 was very likely housed with this manuscript and created by the same scribe. Possibly a larger work containing different vratas was separated to be more profitable.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-8, lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe janmāṣṭamīvratakathāsaṃpūrṇāṃ (f. 8v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1258 (UP 1452).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1452

OCLC:

796376177