Rucistava 1883-1892

Contributor:

Caitanyacaranadeva Śarmmā (scribe)

Date:

1883

Description:

Text praising various Vedic deities and containing a discourse of the mythological figure Mārkaṇḍeya. The Vedic god of creation, Prajāpati, is singled out, in particular. Those who recite the work of praise (stava) will see benefits in heath of themselves and their children and grandchildren. A curse warning against theft of the manuscript is found in the post-colophon (f. 3v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythological character); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Prajāpati (Hindu deity); Gods, Vedic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Facsimiles; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 leaves) : illustrations

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Rights Note:

Reproduced from the original with permission of the Mahesh Charitable Trust under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.

Notes:

Written in 6-8 lines per folio.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, middle right verso; there is one photo for the cotton cover.; Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Dated Sana 129[?], likely 1290-1299 (1883-1892) (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Dimensions of original manuscript: 10 x 23 cm.; Reproduced from the original with permission of the Mahesh Charitable Trust under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.; Scribe is Caitanyacaranadeva Śarmmā.; In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Web, Rāmamālā Library 1523