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Title

Kāśīkhaṇḍa
काशीखण्ड

Authors

• Rāmānanda (son of Rāmendravana)

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2613
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958140383503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/807973660
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5814038

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript employed for consultation and contemplation, highlighting especially the sacred pilgrimage spots around the Hindu center of Vārāṇasī. Text also contains mythology connected to various gods and goddesses, especially those sacred to the deity Śiva in his manifestation as a liṅga, his amorphous symbol. Presented as a discourse between the deity Skanda-Kārttikeya and various other legendary figures, such as the sage Agstya. Manuscript contains 100 chapters; the foliation for which is done separately in two sections. The first section contains chapters 1-50, and the second section contains chapters 51-100. Manuscript also contains a commentary by Rāmānanda running horizontally above and below the main text. Manuscript has been combined with Item 2613 as it forms part of the complete text and is written by the same scribe. Some portions of the text are missing.

Notes

• Title from colophon (second section, f. 280r).
   
• Written in 7-17 lines per leaf.
   
• 605 leaves foliated [i], 1-54, 54-101, 101-215, 215-226, 258-304, 366-413, [i]; [i], 1-156, 158-190, 192-226, 228-280, [i], upper left and lower right verso. Secondary foliation added to bottom right verso (second section, f. 195-279).
   
• Dated saṃvat 1910 (1853) (second section, f. 280r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Some additions are in a second scribal hand.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (605 leaves) : 19 x 35 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kāśīkhaṃḍe anukramaṇikānāmaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ 100 kāśīkhaṃdasamāptam śubham // // (second section, f. 280r).

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• Lingas (Śaivism)
• Sacred space--India
• Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Poems
• Commentaries
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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