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Śiśupālavadha, circa 1700-1850.
शिशुपालवध
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2755
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Māgha.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Krishna (Hindu deity).
- Mahābhārata.
- MahaÌbhaÌrata.
- Hindu mythology.
- Death--Poetry.
- Death.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2755
- Other Title:
- Māghakāvya
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology about king Śiśupāla, who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, who cuts off Śiśupāla's head with his discus (cakra). Manuscript is incomplete and comprises only part of the first of 23 books, from verse 44 until the end.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Māghakāvya from abbreviations in margins.
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 3 leaves foliated 4-6, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmāghakāvye prathamasargaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 6v).
- Mistakes blacked out; minor correction in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.
- 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 2059 (UP 2755).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2755.
- OCLC:
- 974796499
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