Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Devīmāhātmya

Subjects:

Hindu goddesses.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu cosmology.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Summary:

Text praising the form of the Hindu goddess known as Devī during the eighth phase or age of the cosmic cycles and related to Sāvarṇika Manu, name of the eighth primordial human according to Hindu mythology. Manuscript to be used in public or private recitation, prayer, or reflection.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 51v).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
54 leaves foliated , middle left verso.
Colophon: iti mārkkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike devīmāhātmyadevīvākyan // (f. 51v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Floral and triangle patterns on back folio in red and black ink.
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 (UP 2416).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2416

OCLC:

801654754