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Title

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa
मार्कण्डेयपुराण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 346
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957882413503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/798926123
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5788241

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text comprises multiple chapters in the form of poetic verse and praise meters and concerns different topics related to Hindu mythology, rites, and ceremonies, especially that related to the deity Viṣṇu (especially his form as Nārāyaṇa), but includes sections dedicated to other gods as well. A notable example is the Manvantara devīmāhātmya dedicated to the great goddess who is said to appear during the eight cosmic cycle (manvantara). Other sections are concerned with other cosmic ages, as well as the praise of ancestors, the praise of the sun (āditya), among others. Text is narrated by the mythical sage Mārkaṇḍeya.

Notes

• Title from title internal colophon (f. 143v-144r).
   
• Written in 12-17 lines per leaf.
   
• 167 leaves foliated 1-167, upper left verso.
   
• Internal Colophon: iti śrīmārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvaṃtare devīmahātmenārāyaṇūstutiḥ // (f. 143v-144r).
   
• 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 black line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (167 leaves) : 14 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu mythology
• Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythology)
• Hindu goddesses
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Ancestor worship--Hinduism
• Hindu astronomy

Genres

• Poems
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--17th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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