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Title

Karavīramāhātmya, 1-19
करवीरमाहात्म्य, १-१९

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2349
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957505113503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793423719
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5750511

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Praises the pilgrimage center of Karavīra, related to the modern city of Kolhapur in Maharashtra (India), suggesting that it surpasses even the famous center of Vārāṇasī. Especially praises the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī and mentions regional deities such as Pāṇḍuraṅga, a youthful god sometimes equated with Kṛṣṇa and well known in Maharashtra. Presented as a discussion between the legendary sage Agasti and his wife Lopāmudrā. Text is incomplete containing full chapters from 1-19 (f. 1v-49r) and ending in chapter 20 with: jāpyate paśavaṃputrādha (f. 58r).

Notes

• Title from colophon of chapter 19 (f. 49r).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 59 leaves foliated 1-22, 24, 24-58, [i], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (59 leaves) : 10 x 32 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe karavīramāhātmye agastilopāmudrāsaṃvāde sarvatīrtha[sa]rvatīrthavarṇaṃ naṃnāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 19 // (f. 49r).

Subjects topical

• Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• Hindu goddesses
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Pāṇḍuraṅga (Hindu deity)
• Krishna (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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