Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Śiśupālavadha
शिशुपालवध

Authors

• Māgha
• Mallinātha

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 517
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959625673503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/847763575
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5962567

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript titled Death of Śiśupāla, used for recitation, contemplation, and study; draws from epic mythology about king Śiśupāla who opposes the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa who cuts off his head with his discus (cakra). Manuscript is incomplete and comprises only the second and most of the third of 23 books. Contains the commentary of Mallinātha, the Savaṅkaṣā, running parallel above and below the main text.

Notes

• Title from colophon (Part 2, f. 41r); title of commentary Savaṅkaṣā from colophon (Part 2, f. 41r).
   
• Written in 6-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 95 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-54; (Part 2:) 1-41, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red sporadically throughout; a few folios have vertical margins marked with double red line; some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.
   

Extent

1 item (95 leaves) : 12 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīśiśupālavadhe mahākāvye bhagavataḥ kṛṣṇasya // iṃdraprasthagamano nāmatṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ samāptaḥ // 3 // (Part 2, f. 41r).

Subjects topical

• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Death--Poetry

Genres

• Commentaries
• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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