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Title

Brahmagītā
ब्रह्मगीता

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2178
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958065933503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/804683189
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5806593

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript used for private consultation and reflection. Text defines different ways of performing pūjās, vows (vratas), praises (stotras), and celebrations of pilgrimage sites, as well as having philosophical concerns, which include the knowledge of the deity Śiva (śivajñāna) and that of the universal concept Brahman (brahmavidya). Text sees itself as the "essence" of all upaniṣads although representing a medieval text; possibly composed by the Pāśupata sect of Śaivism around the 6th century A.D.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 96r-96v).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 96 leaves foliated 1-96, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1747 (1825) (f. 96v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; accents for cadence added in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (96 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: om̐ tat sad iti śrīmanmahāpurāṇe skāṃde sūtasaṃhitāyāṃ yajñavaibhavakhaṃḍasyoparibhāge vedārthanirūpaṇe brahmagĩtāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṃ sarvaśāstrārthasaṃgraho nāmadvādaśodhyāyaḥ 12 śrīkṛṣṇā [*] 1083 ṣake 1747 pārthivanāmasaṃvatsare aśvinavadya 4 ravivāraprāthaḥ kālī [*] sakāsvahakāraṃcalopayitvāprayojayet // (f. 96v).

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Śaivism
• Brahman
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• Hindu philosophy
• Pāśupatas

Genres

• Poems
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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