Harivaṃśa, circa 1700-1850.
हरिवंश

Format:

• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Mahābhārata. Harivaṃśa

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Krishna (Hindu deity).
• Mahābhārata.
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
• Hindu mythology.

Genre:

• Poems.
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

• Note stating manuscript is from Bloomfield Estate.

Physical Description:

1 item (338 leaves) : paper ; 20 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2897

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Śāradā)

Summary:

Epilogue and addendum to the Mahābhārata, relating the divine origins, narratives, and theological significance of the deity Kṛṣṇa. Written in Śāradā script, likely from Kashmir. Could possibly be the Harivaṃśoddyota attributed elsewhere to the author Mahādeva Paṇḍita. Contains remnants of a pressed flower (f. 76) along with inserted notes in English and Urdu.

Notes:

• Title from title abbreviations in margins throughout.
• Written in 12-16 lines per leaf.
• 338 leaves foliated 2-339, upper left and lower right verso.
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse divisions highlighted in red throughout.
• Codex with approximately 34 gatherings of 10 folios each; because its spine is gone you can see the sewing of the gatherings as well as remnants of the tailband.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2897.

OCLC:

974914962