Small manuscript likely carried as a kind of pocket booklet for use in private meditation and prayer. Dedicated to praising the importance of the well-known Hindu work, the Bhagavadgītā, as a sacred work and expounding on the merits of its recitation, comparing it to visiting various sacred pilgrimage sites (tīrtha). Presented as a dialogue between the wild boar form of Viṣṇu called, Varāha, and the goddess earth, Pṛthivī.
Title from colophon (f. 3r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: it[i] śrīvarāhapurāṇe śrībhagavatpṛthivīsaṃvāde gītāmahātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // idaṃ jośī upanāmakagoviṃdena likhitaṃ // moḍakopanāmakavināyakena pustakaṃ (f. 3r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; Scribe is Govinda Jośī (f. 3r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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