Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Māgha

Other related names

• Bhacaṃbhat, former owner

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964249523503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/911506318
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6424952

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript of text 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 possibly the first section (sarga).

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

Support

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Bhacaṃbhat (f. 1r).
   

Subjects topical

• Death--Poetry
• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology

Genres

• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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