Śiśupālavadha, 1832.
शिशुपालवध

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Māgha.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Hindu mythology.

Death--Poetry.

Death.

Genre:

Poetry.

poems

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 538

Place of Publication:

1832.

१८३२.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology, especially the Mahābhārata, about king Śiśupāla who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. In response, Kṛṣṇa cuts off his head with his discus (cakra). Manuscript contains parts of the third and fourth sections (sargas) and is incomplete.

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 2, f. 7r).

Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-6; (Part 2:) 1-2, 6-7, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śiśupālavadhe śrīmahākāvye māgheścakeraivatakācalavarṇanonāmacaturthas sargaḥ // saṃvat 1889 mitiāṣāṭavadya ekādaśyāṃ i[ṃ]duvāsare mu[???]śyāṃ likhitaṃ śrīmahālakṣmīrpaṇamastu // śrīmahālakṣmī sadāṃprasanno 'stū (Part 2, f. 7r).

Dated saṃvat 1889 (1832) (Part 2, f. 7r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; some vertical margins marked with double red line. Several folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.

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 2055 (UP 538).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 538

OCLC:

851100393