Kāśīrahasya, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer as well as consultation on Hindu law (Dharma) and consists of the third section of the Brahmavaivarttapurāṇa, which deals with the Hindu pilgrimage center Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and the mythology related to it. Contains discussion of the "highest dharma" and the cosmic ages (yugas) among other topics.

Timespan:

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9959250653503681; (OCoLC)ocn830706391; (OCoLC)830706391; (PU)5925065-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit.; Yugas.; Dharma.; Hindu law.; Poems.; Treatises.; Manuscripts.; Prayers.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (96 leaves) : paper; 13 x 18 cm

Notes:

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; 96 leaves foliated 1-96, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 12-16 lines per leaf.; Internal colophon: iti śrībrahmavavarte tṛtīyabhāge kāśīrahasye prathamodhyāyaḥ // 1 // (f. 9r); Title from internal colophon (f. 9r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.