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Gurugītā, circa 1700-1850.
गुरुगीता
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 547
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Gurugītā.
- Language:
- Marathi
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu hymns, Marathi.
- Devotional literature, Marathi.
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Parvati (Hindu deity).
- Genre:
- poems
- hymns
- prayers (compositions)
- dialogues
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 18 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 547
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Marathi (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the Hindu deity Śiva. Presented as a discourse between Śiva and his consort Pārvatī. Claims to be part of the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 18v).
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe uttarakhaṃḍo / umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde // gurugītā saṃpūrṇam astu // śrīsagurunāthārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 18v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some additions in margins; manuscript 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 6230 (UP 547).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 547
- OCLC:
- 854768884
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