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Kāśīmahātmaya, circa 1700-1850. = काशीमाहात्म्य, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (52 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2000
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Standardized Title:
Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.
Subjects:
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Śaivism.
Tantrism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
India.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript from the seventh aṃśa of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise of the city of Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) a sacred pilgrimage center for the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks an ending.
Notes:
Title from marginal note (f. 1r).
Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.
52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant words, phrases and symbols highlighted in red.
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 4629 (UP 2000).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2000.
OCLC:
953488643