University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 365

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7365

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 365

Title:

Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya

Date:

circa 1818-1819.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 10 x 25 cm

Former Owner(s):

Mauni, Bālaṃbhaṭa

Note:

45 leaves foliated 1-44, [i] upper left and lower right verso.
Non-Latin script record.
Title from colophon (f. 44v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye ṣoḍśodhyāyā 16 mārgaśīrṣamāhātmasaṃpūrṇam astu / śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 vikrutināmasa[ṃ]vatsare pauṣakṛṣṇa 13 somyavāsare / (f. 43v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Decorative border desin in black (f. 44r).
Dated saṃvat 1875 (1818) (f. 44r), saṃvat 1876 and śaka 1741 (1819) (f. 43v).
Formerly owned by Bālaṃbhaṭa Mauni of the Brahmaghāṭa of Vārāṇasī (f. 43v).

Keyword:

prayers (literary works)

manuals (instructional materials)

hymns

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Moon

Brahma (Hindu deity)

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Krishna (Hindu deity)

Hindu astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958043353503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3hh6c56s/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania