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Title

Kāśīmahātmaya
काशीमाहात्म्य

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2000
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970391443503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953488643
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7039144

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript from the seventh aṃśa of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise of the city of Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) a sacred pilgrimage center for the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks an ending.

Notes

• Title from marginal note (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant words, phrases and symbols highlighted in red.
   

Extent

1 item (52 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Śaivism
• Tantrism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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