University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 326

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7327

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 326

Title:

Śivarātrikathā

Date:

1892.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 23 cm

Note:

Dated saṃvat 1949 jyeṣṭhaśukla 6 (Wednesday, June 1, 1892 A.D.) (f. 4v).
Non-Latin script record.
Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Śivarātrimāhātmya from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out.
Colophon: iti śrīśivapurāṇāṃtaragataśivarātrimāhātmyanāmatrisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // iti śivarātrikathāsamāptā // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // om̐ tat sadbrahmārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1949 jyeṣṭhaśukla 6 (f. 4v).
Manuscript likely written and commissioned in the city of Vārāṇasī.

Keyword:

prayers (literary works)

poems

hymns

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Festivals

Siva (Hindu deity)

Bards and bardism

Hindu mythology

Vratas

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Śaivism

Puja (Hinduism)

India

Rites and ceremonies

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9957944703503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p37m0412f/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania