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Title

Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa
बृहन्नारदीयपुराण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2358
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957555693503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794176857
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5755569

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, especially in his manifestation as Kṛṣṇa. Text opens with a praise to Rādhā's Forest (Vṛndāvana), a reference to the forest in the Mathura district where the cult of Kṛṣṇa first arose and identified with his main consort, the cow-herdess Rādhā (called Vṛndā). This forest features prominently in myths about the youthful Kṛṣṇa in his cow-herder (gopāla) form and is especially known as the place where Kṛṣṇa cavorts with his favorite cow-herdess, Rādhā. Discusses the release from the sins of this world and the attainment of Viṣṇu's world (viṣṇuloka) as well as ways to worship (pūjā) and properly recite the name of Hari (Viṣṇu).

Notes

• Title from chapter one colophon (f. 3r).
   
• Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 84 leaves foliated 1-84, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1891 mīti agahanaśukla 11 (Friday, December 12, 1834) (f. 84r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red in some parts of the texts.
   
• Single wooden board serves as a partial cover to manuscript. Wood is cracked and there appears to have been white paint or other substance caked on part of the board covering a thin coat of clear varnish or lacquer. Dimensions of board are approximately 17 x 36 cm.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (84 leaves) : 18 x 35 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrībṛhannāradīye 'ṣṭatriṃśodhyāyaḥ 38 subham astu śrīsaṃvat 1891 mīti agahanaśukla 11 // (f. 84r).

Subjects topical

• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Rādhā (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Puja (Hinduism)

Genres

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

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