Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa. Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya. Selections.

Subjects:

Krishna (Hindu deity).
Brahma (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu astronomy.
Moon -- Religious aspects.
Moon.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Incomplete sections of chapter 11 and chapter 12 of the Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya from the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. Praises the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December) when the moon enters into the constellation of Mṛgaśiras. Presented as a conversation between the Hindu deities Kṛṣṇa and Brahmā.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 1r).
Written in 15-16 lines per leaf.
1 leaves foliated , lower right verso.
Internal Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye brahmakṛṣṇasaṃvāde ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ 11 (f. 1r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Formerly housed with Item 346.
Non-Latin script record.

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 1403 (UP 346).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3038

OCLC:

798928018