Mokṣaikādaśīmāhātmya, circa 1805; मोक्षैकादशीमाहात्म्य,१८०५

Contributor:

Kāśīnātha (scribe)

Date:

1805

Description:

Text praising the benefits of performing observances (vratas), especially fasting, during the eleventh night of the fortnight. Presented as a discussion between the legendary epic king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology); Hindu mythology; Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Vratas; Hindu astrology; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); poems; prayers (compositions); dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti brahmā[ṃ]ḍapurāṇe mokṣa[i]kādaśyāṃāhātmyaṃ // pothirmārgaśīrṣakṛṣṇakādaśīsamāptaḥ // [??] saṃvat // 1862 // miti āṣāḍaśuklapothimārgaśīrṣalikhyate kāśīnā[tha]cādekaraṇalikhyate rāmacaṃdāyanamaḥ // hanumatenamaḥ // (f. 4r).; Dated saṃvat1862 (1805) (f. 4v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and black lines. Many smudges throughout text from use of the manuscript.; Scribe is Kāśīnātha (f. 4r), the same scribe as item 2405.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2406

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts