Devīmāhātmyadīpikā circa 1750-1899.

Abstract:

Description and commentary on the story of the goddess Durgā, here identified with the regional deity Caṇḍī, in her war against the demon Mahiṣāsura as well as praising the greatness and describing worship that should be given to her.

Creator:

Vādīcandra Cakravartti.

Date:

1750

Identifier:

9968120653503681; (OCoLC)ocn932019196; (OCoLC)932019196; (PU)6812065-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Relation:

Caṇḍīṭīkā.

Subject:

Caṇḍi (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit.; Puja (Hinduism); Prayers.; Commentaries.; Facsimiles.; Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 leaves) : illustrations

Personal Name:

Durgā

Rights:

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

Notes:

Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 661; Vi: 21.; 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.; Dimensions of original manuscript: 9 x 39 cm.; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; paper treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect from insects.; Written in 5-9 lines per folio.; Title from colophon (f. 30r); alternate title Caṇḍīṭīkā from colophon (f. 30r).; 30 leaves foliated 1-30, middle right verso; there is one photo missing of the recto of folio 2; there are two extra photos of the front.; In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Physical Location:

Rāmamālā Library 8131