Details

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythological character).

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text eulogizing a hundred different names of the Hindu deity Śiva. Taken from the last section (uttarabhāga) of the Padmapurāṇa called the Bilvakeśvaramāhātmya, generally praising the greatness of Bilvakeśvara, a form of Śiva. Presented as a discussion between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Mārkaṃḍeya.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe uttarabhāge bilvakeśvaramāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇamārkaṃḍeyasaṃvāde vedasārākhyaparamadivyasahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śake 1758 durmukhanāmasaṃvatmara āṣādakṛṣṇa 14 caturdaśyāṃ guruvāsare idaṃ pustakaṃ śrīkṣetrakāśyāṃ likhitaṃ // viśveśaṃ mādhavaṃdaṃḍiṃ daṃḍapāṇiṃ cabhauravaṃ // vaṃde kāśīṃ guhāṃ gaṃgāṃ bhavānīṃ maṇikarṇikāṃ // 1 // śrīr jayati // (f. 16v).
Dated śaka 1758 (1836) (f. 16v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Decorative border on cover (f. 1r).
Non-Latin script record.

Penn Provenance:

Text was written in the pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Varāṇasī) at the steps (ghat) called Maṇikarṇikā on the river Ganges (f. 16v).

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 1126 (UP 2211).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2211

OCLC:

791456256