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Title

Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya
मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य

Other related names

• Mauni, Bālaṃbhaṭa, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 365
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958043353503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/803400889
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5804335

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript employed for consultation and recitation; 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 colophon (f. 44v).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 45 leaves foliated 1-44, [i] upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1875 (1818) (f. 44r), saṃvat 1876 and śaka 1741 (1819) (f. 43v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Decorative border desin in black (f. 44r).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (45 leaves) : 10 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye ṣoḍśodhyāyā 16 mārgaśīrṣamāhātmasaṃpūrṇam astu / śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 vikrutināmasa[ṃ]vatsare pauṣakṛṣṇa 13 somyavāsare / (f. 43v).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Bālaṃbhaṭa Mauni of the Brahmaghāṭa of Vārāṇasī (f. 43v).
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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