Vāmanapurāṇa, 1757; वामनपुराण,१७५७

Contributor:

Jaṃtalīrāma Bhaṭṭa (scribe)

Date:

1757

Description:

Contains stories and myths about the Hindu deity Vāmana, the dwarf avatāra of Viṣṇu; also contains stories and myths about the Hindu deity Śiva as the result of additions made by the Pāśupata sect of Śaivism.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vāmana (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (133 leaves) : paper; 19 x 47 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 13-15 lines per leaf.; 133 leaves foliated 1-133, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe pulassanārada saṃvādevāmanapurāṇaṃ samāptaṃ // jaṃtalīrāmabhaṭṭena likhitaṃ // // śake 1679 neyā pravarttamāne īśvaranāmasaṃvatsare dakṣiṇāyane śaradṛtau kārttākeyāsikṛṣṇapakṣe 5 vudhavāre puṣyanakṣatre brahmanāmayoge tad dine samāptaḥ // graṃthasaṃkhyā 600600 // (f. 132v-133r).; Dated śaka 1679 (1757) (f. 133r).; Scribe is Jaṃtalīrāma Bhaṭṭa, likely from the village Jaṃtalī in Uttara Pradeśa.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections in margins; verse markers in red; vertical margins marked with double red line; decorative floral borders on front and back folios (f. 1r, 133v).; Original orange canvas wrapping and cord accompanies manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2172

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts