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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3036 Bhāgavatamahāpurāṇa, dvitīyaskaṃdha / भागवतमहापुराण, द्वितीयस्कंध

Title

Bhāgavatamahāpurāṇa, dvitīyaskaṃdha
भागवतमहापुराण, द्वितीयस्कंध

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3036
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9953118563503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767739918
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5311856

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Subsection of chapter 9 (verses 30-45) of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, book 2; part of a conversation between the Lord of Creation, Brahmā and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa (identified with Viṣṇu) wherein the deity identifies himself as an eternal form existing prior to creation; also contains the final commentary from Śuka, the fictional narrator of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa who describes the disappearance of Viṣṇu and a subsequent conversation between Brahmā and Nārada.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 1v); alternate title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 8-9 lines.
1 leaf foliated 1, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (1 leaves) : 12 x 27 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe dvitīyaskaṃdhe brahmanāradasaṃvāde navamodhyāyaḥ // (f. 1v).

Subjects topical

Krishna (Hindu deity)
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Brahmā (Hindu deity)
Hindu legends
Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Genres

Poems
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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Text

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Images

fol. 1r
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fol. 1v
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