Details

Subjects:

Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythological character).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Prajāpati (Hindu deity).
Gods, Vedic.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Facsimiles.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Bengali)

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Summary:

Text praising various Vedic deities and containing a discourse of the mythological figure Mārkaṇḍeya. The Vedic god of creation, Prajāpati, is singled out, in particular. Those who recite the work of praise (stava) will see benefits in heath of themselves and their children and grandchildren. A curse warning against theft of the manuscript is found in the post-colophon (f. 3v).

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Camilla, Bangladesh Rāmamālā Library, Mahesh Charitable Trust
Written in 6-8 lines per folio.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, middle right verso; there is one photo for the cotton cover.
Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Dated Sana 129[?], likely 1290-1299 (1883-1892) (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Dimensions of original manuscript: 10 x 23 cm.
Reproduced from the original with permission of the Mahesh Charitable Trust under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.
Scribe is Caitanyacaranadeva Śarmmā.

Contributor:

Caitanyacaranadeva Śarmmā, scribe.

OCLC:

914417302