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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2406 Mokṣaikādaśīmāhātmya / मोक्षैकादशीमाहात्म्य

Title

Mokṣaikādaśīmāhātmya
मोक्षैकादशीमाहात्म्य

Other related names

Kāśīnātha, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2406
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9957556503503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794179986

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text praising the benefits of performing observances (vratas), especially fasting, during the eleventh night of the fortnight. Presented as a discussion between the legendary epic king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated saṃvat1862 (1805) (f. 4v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and black lines. Many smudges throughout text from use of the manuscript.
Scribe is Kāśīnātha (f. 4r), the same scribe as item 2405.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (4 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti brahmā[ṃ]ḍapurāṇe mokṣa[i]kādaśyāṃāhātmyaṃ // pothirmārgaśīrṣakṛṣṇakādaśīsamāptaḥ // [??] saṃvat // 1862 // miti āṣāḍaśuklapothimārgaśīrṣalikhyate kāśīnā[tha]cādekaraṇalikhyate rāmacaṃdāyanamaḥ // hanumatenamaḥ // (f. 4r).

Subjects topical

Krishna (Hindu deity)
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
Hindu mythology
Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Vratas
Hindu astrology
Rites and ceremonies--India
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Ancestor worship--Hinduism

Genres

Manuals (instructional materials)
Poems
Prayers
Dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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fol. 3v-4r
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