Śivarātrikathā, 1892. = शिवरात्रिकथा, १८९२.
- Publication:
- 1892.
१८९२. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 326
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37m0412f - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Puranas. Śivapurāṇa. Selections.
- Other Title:
- Śivarātrimāhātmya.
- Subjects:
- Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu mythology.
Vratas.
Puja (Hinduism).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Festivals -- India.
Festivals.
Bards and bardism. - Form/Genre:
- Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Text outlining observances and rites for a festival in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Māgha (January-February). Various rites, including fasting, worship of Śiva, and gift giving, are typically observed during both the day and night. May be a recension of the Śivarātrimāhātmya found in the Koṭirudrasaṁhitā of the Śivapurāṇa (chapter 38). Presented as a discourse between the mythological sages (ṛṣis) and the epic bard called Sūta.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Śivarātrimāhātmya from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśivapurāṇāṃtaragataśivarātrimāhātmyanāmatrisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // iti śivarātrikathāsamāptā // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // om̐ tat sadbrahmārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1949 jyeṣṭhaśukla 6 (f. 4v).
Dated saṃvat 1949 jyeṣṭhaśukla 6 (Wednesday, June 1, 1892 A.D.) (f. 4v).
Mistakes blacked out.
Non-Latin script record. - Penn Provenance:
- Manuscript likely written and commissioned in the city of Vārāṇasī.
- 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 1484 (UP 326).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 326
- OCLC:
- 800405545