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Title

Vaiśākhamāhātmya
वैशाखमाहात्म्य

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 317
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958213853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/809272623
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5821385

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a praise of the month of Vaiśākha (April-May) to be used in public or private meditation, prayer, or practice. Vaiśākha is presented as the best among the best of the months and is considered a favorite of the deity Viṣṇu. Contains descriptions of the various rites and rituals (such as bathing) that a devotee should perform during the month and the benefits that are received for doing so (such as attaining one's goals and receiving the benefits associated with pilgrimage). Opening folio is cut short on left side and some text is lost.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 54r).
   
• Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 54 leaves foliated 1-54, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1944 (1887) (f. 54r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (54 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vaiśākhamāhātmye caturviṃśodhyāyaḥ // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1944 āśvinavadya 1 maṃdavāsare madhyāhe pūrṇaṃ // śrīvaiśākhamādhavārpaṇam astu // śrīkṛṣṇaryaṇam astu // śrībrahmaṇe namaḥ // (f. 54r).

Subjects topical

• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Bathing customs--India
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

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