Details

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Omens.
Hindu mythology.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Selections from four different Purāṇic texts dealing with mythic themes such as the manifestation (prādurbhāva) of Bhairava, a terrible form of the Hindu deity Śiva; omens associated with death (Kāla) and how to avoid them; the importance of the city of Kāśī (Vāraṇāsī); rites for a yogin to perform to obtain knowledge, etc.

Contents:

Skandapurāṇa, kāśīkhaṇḍa, adhyāya 31
Skandapurāṇa, kāśīkhaṇḍa, adhyāya 42
Agnipurāṇa, agastyasaṃhitā, maṅgalyādhyāya
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa alakopākhyāna, adhyāya 38.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe alakopākhyāne aṣṭatriṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ // 38 // (f. 15v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1016, 1408, 1522 (UP 2308).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2308

Contains:

Puranas. Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Adhyāya 38.
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Kāśīkhaṇḍa. Adhyāya 31.
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Kāśīkhaṇḍa. Adhyāya 42.
Puranas. Agnipurāṇa. Agastyasaṃhitā. Maṅgalyādhyāya.

OCLC:

773694642