Kāśīsārasaṃgraha, circa 1700-1850; काशीसरसंग्रह,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of short texts in 30 chapters (adhyāya) drawn from various Purāṇas (nānāpurāṇa) praising the Hindu pilgrimage center of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and especially related to the Hindu deity Śiva and his emblem the liṅga; titles included are Kūrmapurāṇa, Liṅgapurāṇa, Matsyapurāṇa, Padmapurāṇa, Agnipurāṇa, Skandapurāṇa, Śivapurāṇa, Brahmavaivarttapurāṇa, Nāradīyapurāṇa, and the Śivarahasya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh); Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (55 leaves) : paper; 11 x 32 cm

Geographic Subject:

India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 55 leaves foliated 1-55, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti kāśīsārasaṃgrahaḥ sam̄ptaḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astuḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ // (f. 55).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2309

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts