Prayāgamāhātmya, 1806; प्रयागमाहात्म्य,१८०६

Contributor:

Bhīkaṃbhaṭṭa, Mauni (son of Viśvanātha) (scribe)

Date:

1806

Description:

Text celebrating the greatness of and presenting mythology related to the Hindu sacred pilgrimage center Prayāga (modern Allahabad). Presented as a discourse between Śiva's follower Nandi and the legendary sage Nārada.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred space; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Sacred space -- India; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Nārada (Hindu mythology); Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (20 leaves) : paper; 9 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Allahabad (India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 20v).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti matsyapurāṇe prayāgamāhātmye naṃdināradasaṃvāde daśamodhyāyaḥ // 25 // śrī // rāma // saṃvat 1863 śake 1728 mitir mārgaśīrṣaśuda 14 saumyavāsara // likhitaṃ maunyupanāmakabhīkaṃbhaṭṭātmajaviśvanāthena likhitaṃ // śubhaṃ bahavatu // (f. 20v).; Scibe is Mauni Bhīkaṃbhaṭṭa, son of Viśvanātha (f. 20v).; Dated saṃvat 1863 and śaka 1728 (Wednesday, December 24, 1806 A.D.) (f. 20v).; 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 line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts