Details

Subjects:

Hindu mythology.
Death.
Death -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Krishna (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Poetry.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript of text titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology, especially the Mahābhārata, about King Śiśupāla who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. In response, Kṛṣṇa cuts off his head with his discus (cakra).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 105).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
100 leaves foliated 6-105, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśiśupālavadhe mahākāvye māghakṛtau śryaṃ ke viṃśatimaḥ sargaḥ // 20 // (f. 105r).
Dated saṃvat 1825 (1768) (f. 105r).
Scribe is Kāśīnātha Devadhara, son of Rāmabhaṭṭa Devadhara (f. 105r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Govinda Bhasma in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the year saṃvat 1846 (1789) (f. 105r); owner notes written in a second scribal hand.

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 2057 (UP 1515).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1515.

Contributor:

Kāśīnātha Devadhara (Son of Rāmabhaṭṭa Devadhara), scribe.

OCLC:

913835342