Details

Subjects:

Mahābhārata.
Hindu mythology.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Death -- Poetry.
Death.

Form/Genre:

Poetry.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology about king Śiśupāla who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa who cuts off his head with his discus (cakra). Manuscript is incomplete and comprises only part of the fourth of 23 books.

Notes:

Manuscript formerly housed with Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3044.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 3-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in red ink; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. One folio treated with yellow turmeric powder.

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 2054 (UP 526).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 526

OCLC:

849671297