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Title

Kāśīsārasaṃgraha
काशीसरसंग्रह

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2309
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954172683503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773936770
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5417268

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Collection of short texts in 30 chapters (adhyāya) drawn from various Purāṇas (nānāpurāṇa) praising the Hindu pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and especially related to the Hindu deity Śiva and his emblem the liṅga; titles included are Kūrmapurāṇa, Liṅgapurāṇa, Matsyapurāṇa, Padmapurāṇa, Agnipurāṇa, Skandapurāṇa, Śivapurāṇa, Brahmavaivarttapurāṇa, Nāradīyapurāṇa, and the Śivarahasya.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 55 leaves foliated 1-55, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (55 leaves) : 11 x 32 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti kāśīsārasaṃgrahaḥ sam̄ptaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astuḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // (f. 55).

Subjects topical

• Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Siva (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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