Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Uttarakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Subjects:

Gurus.
Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private or public recitation or prayer, dedicated the veneration of one's spiritual guide or guru considered, in this context, a manifestation of the Hindu deity Śiva on earth. Presented as a dialogue between the deity Śiva (in the form of Īśvara) and the goddess Pārvatī.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10r).
Written in 11-15 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: śrīskaṃdapurāṇuttarakhaṃḍe īśvarapārvatīsaṃvāde gurugītāsamāptam astu rāmārpaṇam astu // (f. 10r-10v).
Mistakes crossed or blacked out.
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 1555 (UP 2229).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2229

OCLC:

809542634