Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. Yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍa. Brahmagītā.

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Brahman.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
India.
Hindu philosophy.
Pāśupatas.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private consultation and reflection. Text defines different ways of performing pūjās, vows (vratas), praises (stotras), and celebrations of pilgrimage sites, as well as having philosophical concerns, which include the knowledge of the deity Śiva (śivajñāna) and that of the universal concept Brahman (brahmavidya). Text sees itself as the "essence" of all upaniṣads although representing a medieval text; possibly composed by the Pāśupata sect of Śaivism around the 6th century A.D.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 96r-96v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
96 leaves foliated 1-96, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: om̐ tat sad iti śrīmanmahāpurāṇe skāṃde sūtasaṃhitāyāṃ yajñavaibhavakhaṃḍasyoparibhāge vedārthanirūpaṇe brahmagĩtāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṃ sarvaśāstrārthasaṃgraho nāmadvādaśodhyāyaḥ 12 śrīkṛṣṇā [*] 1083 ṣake 1747 pārthivanāmasaṃvatsare aśvinavadya 4 ravivāraprāthaḥ kālī [*] sakāsvahakāraṃcalopayitvāprayojayet // (f. 96v).
Dated śaka 1747 (1825) (f. 96v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; accents for cadence added in red throughout.
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 1515 (UP 2178).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2178

OCLC:

804676529