Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Sūtasaṃhitā. Yajñavaibhavakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Subjects:

Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.

Form/Genre:

Prayers (documents)
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Devotional work, a discourse attributed to the figure Sūta (Bard), outlining the benefits of venerating the deity Śiva in forms including praise and offerings.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti skaṃdapurāṇe s[ūta]saṃhitāyāṃ yajñavaibhavakhaṃḍe pa[ṃ]cacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 45 // tatsatbrahmārpāṇam astu // (f. 13v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Watermarks of a coat of arms.

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 1511 (UP 2389).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2389.

OCLC:

964571616