Harivaṃśoddyota (Commentary on Harivaṃśa)

A masterfully decorated 17th century manuscript. Harivaṃśoddyota is a commentary on Harivaṃśa or Harivaṃśa Purāṇa. It is a supplementary text to the epic Mahābhārata but the plot is focused on lord Kṛiṣṇa's pre and post war life of him and his Yādava clan instead of the Kurukṣetra war. It contains (f.1b) and (f.44a) are framed in a very attractive borders with yellow, black, and red. In the center of both these folio is a drawing of a lotus in deep red, red, green, and yellow. Significant symbols and words highlighted in red throughout, Triple vertical red lines mark borders of text throughout. It is written in 9–12 lines per leaf. Its dated as saṃvat 1835 jyeṣṭamāse śuklapakṣe triyodaśyāṃ (Monday, June 8, 1778) (f. 44a).