Gītāmāhātmya, circa 1700-1850; गीतामाहात्म्य,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Jośī, Govinda (scribe); Moḍaka, Vināyaka (former owner)

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript likely carried as a kind of pocket booklet for use in private meditation and prayer. Dedicated to praising the importance of the well-known Hindu work, the Bhagavadgītā, as a sacred work and expounding on the merits of its recitation, comparing it to visiting various sacred pilgrimage sites (tīrtha). Presented as a dialogue between the wild boar form of Viṣṇu called, Varāha, and the goddess earth, Pṛthivī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Vināyaka Moḍaka (f. 3r).

Subject:

Recitations; Varāha (Hindu deity); Hindu goddesses; Krishna (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Songs, Sanskrit; Recitations -- Religious aspects; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 10 x 14 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: it[i] śrīvarāhapurāṇe śrībhagavatpṛthivīsaṃvāde gītāmahātmyaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // idaṃ jośī upanāmakagoviṃdena likhitaṃ // moḍakopanāmakavināyakena pustakaṃ (f. 3r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; Scribe is Govinda Jośī (f. 3r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts