Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, circa 1818-1819.
मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Mauni, Bālaṃbhaṭa, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa. Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Brahma (Hindu deity).

Brahma.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu astronomy.

Moon--Religious aspects.

Moon.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Bālaṃbhaṭa Mauni of the Brahmaghāṭa of Vārāṇasī (f. 43v).

Physical Description:

1 item (45 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 365

Place of Publication:

circa 1818-1819.

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Language Note:

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.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 44v).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

45 leaves foliated 1-44, [i] upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye ṣoḍśodhyāyā 16 mārgaśīrṣamāhātmasaṃpūrṇam astu / śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 vikrutināmasa[ṃ]vatsare pauṣakṛṣṇa 13 somyavāsare / (f. 43v).

Dated saṃvat 1875 (1818) (f. 44r), saṃvat 1876 and śaka 1741 (1819) (f. 43v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Decorative border desin in black (f. 44r).

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 1530 (UP 365).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 365

OCLC:

803400890