University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 365

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DS ID:

DS7365

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 365

Title:

Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya / मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य

Puranas

Date:

circa 1818-1819.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 10 x 25 cm

Former Owner(s):

Mauni, Bālaṃbhaṭa

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 44v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
45 leaves foliated 1-44, [i] upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye ṣoḍśodhyāyā 16 mārgaśīrṣamāhātmasaṃpūrṇam astu / śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 vikrutināmasa[ṃ]vatsare pauṣakṛṣṇa 13 somyavāsare / (f. 43v).
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.
Formerly owned by Bālaṃbhaṭa Mauni of the Brahmaghāṭa of Vārāṇasī (f. 43v).

Keyword:

prayers (literary genre)

hymns

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

manuals (instructional materials)

Brahma (Hindu deity)

Moon

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Hindu astronomy

Krishna (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9958043353503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3hh6c56s/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania