Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Matsyapurāṇa. Prayāgamāhātmya

Subjects:

Sacred space.
India.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Sacred space -- India.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Nārada (Hindu mythology).
Hindu mythology.
Allahabad (India).

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text celebrating the greatness of and presenting mythology related to the Hindu sacred pilgrimage center Prayāga (modern Allahabad). Presented as a discourse between Śiva's follower Nandi and the legendary sage Nārada.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 20v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti matsyapurāṇe prayāgamāhātmye naṃdināradasaṃvāde daśamodhyāyaḥ // 25 // śrī // rāma // saṃvat 1863 śake 1728 mitir mārgaśīrṣaśuda 14 saumyavāsara // likhitaṃ maunyupanāmakabhīkaṃbhaṭṭātmajaviśvanāthena likhitaṃ // śubhaṃ bahavatu // (f. 20v).
Scibe is Mauni Bhīkaṃbhaṭṭa, son of Viśvanātha (f. 20v).
Dated saṃvat 1863 and śaka 1728 (Wednesday, December 24, 1806 A.D.) (f. 20v).
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.
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 1395 (UP 363).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 363

Contributor:

Bhīkaṃbhaṭṭa, Mauni (son of Viśvanātha), scribe.

OCLC:

800373439