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Title

Narasiṃhapurāṇa
नरसिंहपुराण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2360
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957556283503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794176941
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5755628

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text praising the Hindu deity Viṣnu, especially his manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiṃha). Contains mythology especially related to the avatāras of Viṣṇu and or a number of related demons such as Hiraṇyakaśipu; there is also a version of the Yamagītā, a song dedicated to the Vedic god of death. There is a contents page/index (anukrama) at the end of the manuscript (f. 150r).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 149v); alternate title Nṛsiṃhapurāṇa from folio abbreviations throughout, upper left verso; second alternate title Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhapurāṇa, from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 152 leaves foliated 1-128, 128, 128-150, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (152 leaves) : 13 x 30 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīnarasiṃhapurāṇe sūtabhāradvājādisaṃvāde sarvaduḥkhoharaṃśrīsamāpte narasiṃhapurāṇe śrīrastuḥ // śrīkalpāṇamastuḥ // śrīśubhaṃ bhavatuḥ // śrīḥ // chaḥ // śrīḥ // śrī // śrī // śrī /// śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // (f. 149v).

Subjects topical

• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Narasiṃha (Hindu deity)
• Avatars (Religion)
• Yama (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Monsters--India
• Hiraṇyakaśipu

Genres

• Poems
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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