Details

Standardized Title:

Gurugītā.

Subjects:

Guru worship (Rite).
Hinduism.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Guru worship (Rite) -- Hinduism.
Puja (Hinduism).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Dialogues.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise and worship of a spiritual teacher or guru. Claims to be from the Skandapurāṇa and is presented as a discourse between the goddess Umā (a form of Pārvatī) and Maheśavara (a form of Śiva).

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde gurugītāsamāptaḥ // (f. XX).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. Front and back folios are reinforced with blue paper on the outer sides (f. 1r and f. 23v).
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 1556 (UP 2284).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2284

OCLC:

801654807