Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, circa 1818-1819. = मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य, १८१८-१८१९.
- Publication:
- circa 1818-1819.
१८१८-१८१९. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (45 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 25 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 365
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hh6c56s - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa. Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya.
- Subjects:
- Krishna (Hindu deity).
Brahma (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu astronomy.
Moon -- Religious aspects.
Moon. - Form/Genre:
- Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript employed for consultation and recitation; praises the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December), when the moon enters into the constellation of Mṛgaśiras. Presented as a conversation between the Hindu deities Kṛṣṇa and Brahmā.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 44v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
45 leaves foliated 1-44, [i] upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye ṣoḍśodhyāyā 16 mārgaśīrṣamāhātmasaṃpūrṇam astu / śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 vikrutināmasa[ṃ]vatsare pauṣakṛṣṇa 13 somyavāsare / (f. 43v).
Dated saṃvat 1875 (1818) (f. 44r), saṃvat 1876 and śaka 1741 (1819) (f. 43v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Decorative border desin in black (f. 44r).
Non-Latin script record. - Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Bālaṃbhaṭa Mauni of the Brahmaghāṭa of Vārāṇasī (f. 43v).
- 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 1530 (UP 365).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 365
- Contributor:
- Mauni, Bālaṃbhaṭa, former owner.
- OCLC:
- 803400890