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• bibid: 9957882703503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/798928799
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5788270

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Summary

Incomplete sections of chapter 11 and chapter 12 of the Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya from the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. Praises the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December) when the moon enters into the constellation of Mṛgaśiras. Presented as a conversation between the Hindu deities Kṛṣṇa and Brahmā.

Notes

• Title from internal colophon (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 15-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 1 leaves foliated , lower right verso.
   
• Internal Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye brahmakṛṣṇasaṃvāde ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ 11 (f. 1r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Formerly housed with Item 346.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Subjects topical

• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Brahmā (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu astronomy

Genres

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

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