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Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, 1790. = मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य, १७९०.

Publication:
1790.
१७९०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (23 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 32 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 348
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa. Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya.
Subjects:
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Brahma (Hindu deity).
Bhairava (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu astronomy.
Moon -- Religious aspects.
Moon.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript employed for consultation and recitation; 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. Praises the god Kālabhairava, a form of the god Śiva. Final folio is damaged and missing some text.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 23r).
Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye mathurāṃāhātmyaṃ nāmaṣo[?]śo[??]yāyaḥ śrīrāmāya namaḥ maṃgalaṃ pāṭakāraṇaṃ lekhakāṇāṃ ca maṃgalamaṃgalaṃ sarvalokāṇaṃ bhumibhūmatiṃ maṃgalaṃ 1 yādṛśaṃ pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛaśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā yadi śuddham aśuddhaṃ vāmama[??]ṣonadīyate 2 (f. 23r).
Colophon (in second hand): idaṃ pustakaṃ dravyadvārālikhapitaṃ / saṃvat 1847 durmatyabde māghakṛṣṇe bhubhaṃbhavat // śrīviśveśaṃ mādhavaṃ ḍhauṃḍhiṃ daṃdapaṇiṃ ca bhairavaṃ / vaṃde kāśīṃ guhāṃ gaṃgāṃ bhavānāṃ maṇikarṇikāṃ // śrīkālabhairavāya namaḥ // śrī // (f. 23r).
Dated saṃvat 1847 (1790) (f. 23r); written in a second scribal hand.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line. Secondary colophon written by second scribal hand (f. 23r).
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 1529 (UP 348).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 348
OCLC:
802826596