Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2286: Anantavratakathā
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Title from colophon (f. 18v); alternate title Anantapūjā from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2286
9957462003503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793105009
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5746200
First part of the text is dedicated to the worship (pūjā) and veneration of Ananta, a form of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Second part of the text is dedicated to the outlining the procedures and benefits related to vows (vratas) performed in honor of Ananta.
In Sanskrit
Anantavratakathā
अनन्तव्रतकथा
Colophon: iti śrībhaṣiṣyobharapurāṇe anaṃtavratakathā sampūrṇā // [symbol] // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ // śrīrāma // (f. 18v).
paper
1 item (18 leaves) : 13 x 26 cm
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Vratas
Rites and ceremonies--India
Puja (Hinduism)
Prayers
Poems
Hymns
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
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