Alakopākhyāna, circa 1700-1850; अलकोपाख्यान, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Selections from four different Purāṇic texts dealing with mythic themes such as the manifestation (prādurbhāva) of Bhairava, a terrible form of the Hindu deity Śiva; omens associated with death (Kāla) and how to avoid them; the importance of the city of Kāśī (Vāraṇāsī); rites for a yogin to perform to obtain knowledge, etc.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Omens; Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 11 x 32 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Table of contents: Skandapurāṇa, kāśīkhaṇḍa, adhyāya 31 -- Skandapurāṇa, kāśīkhaṇḍa, adhyāya 42 -- Agnipurāṇa, agastyasaṃhitā, maṅgalyādhyāya -- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa alakopākhyāna, adhyāya 38.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe alakopākhyāne aṣṭatriṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ // 38 // (f. 15v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2308

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts