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Title

Kāśīkhaṇḍa
काशीखण्ड

Other related names

• Munaśi, Viśvanātha Śāstri, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 312
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958038413503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802826237
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5803841

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript employed for consultation and contemplation, highlighting especially the sacred pilgrimage spots around the Hindu center of Vārāṇasī. Text also contains mythology connected to various gods and goddesses, especially those sacred to the god Śiva in his manifestation as a liṅga, his amorphous symbol. Presented as a discourse between the deity Skanda-Kārttikeya and various other legendary figures, such as the sage Agstya. Manuscript is incomplete and begins with verse 58 of chapter 60.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 159r).
   
• Written in 17-23 lines per leaf.
   
• 61 leaves foliated 99-159, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Scribe is Viśvanātha Śāstri Munaśi (f. 159r).
   
• Dated saṃvat 1968 (f. 159r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (61 leaves) : 15 x 34 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kāśīkhaṃḍe anukrūmaṇikākathanaṃ nāmaśatatamodhyāyaḥ // 100 / śrīviśveśvarārpaṇamastu // yad aks̜arapadabhraṣṭaṃ mātrāhīnaṃ ca yad bhavet // tat sarvaṃ kṣamyatāṃ devaprasīdaparameśvara // 1 // saṃvat 1968 kārtikaśukla 1 iṃduvāre munaśītyupanāmnāviśvanāthaśāsniṇālikhitaṃ // om̐ tat sad brahmārpaṇam astu // (f. 159r).

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Śaivism
• Lingas (Śaivism)
• Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• Sacred space--India
• Hindu mythology

Genres

• Poems
• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--20th century
• Manuscripts--India--20th century

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