University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 372, Item 373, Item 374

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7183

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 372, Item 373, Item 374

Title:

Anantavratakathā

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 25 x 14 cm

Note:

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Previously housed with Item 371; previously listed as three separate manuscripts: Item 372, Item 373, and Item 374, but all manuscripts are part of the same purāṇic work, on the same general topic (women's vows), and in the same scribal hand on the same paper.
Colophon (Part 3): iti śrī bhavi[ṣyottara]purāṇe ṛṣipaṃcami[vrata]samāptā // (f. 5v).
Title from incipit (Part 1, f. 1r).
Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
20 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-9, (Part 2) 1-6, (Part 3) 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon (Part 1): iti śrī bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭirasaṃvāṃde anaṃtavratakathāsaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 9v).
Colophon (Part 2): iti śrī bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe haragaurisaṃvāde haritālikāvratakathāsaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 6v).
Non-Latin script record.

Keyword:

prayers (literary works)

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Marriage

Menstruation--Religious aspects

Women in Hinduism

Marriage--Religious aspects

Menstruation--Mythology

Rites and ceremonies

Vratas

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

India

Krishna (Hindu deity)

Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)

Dharma

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9956438413503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p36v9w/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania