Pañcakrośīmāhātmya, circa 1700-1850; पञ्चक्रोशीमाहात्म्य,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text celebrating the greatness (māhātmya) of the city of Varāṇasī (also Kāśī) by its name of Pañcakrośī, a reference to the city's traditional size given at five krośa or approximately 10 miles, a distance and circuit of temple sites that pilgrims are thought to be able to complete in five days. Discusses the creation of the worlds and the centrality of this place to it and praises the god Śiva throughout. The discourse of the legendary sages Agasti and Jaigīṣṭa figure prominently throughout. Secondary text (Payaḥ snānam) on ritual bathing completes the manuscript (f. 19v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Hindu mythology; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Bathing customs -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (20 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); second tile Payaḥ snānam from incipt of that work (f. 19r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 20 leaves foliated 1-14, 14-19, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībrahmavaivarte tṛtīyavibhāge paṃcakrośīmāhātmye paṃcamodhyāyaḥ // 5 // paṃcakrosīmāhātmasamāptaṃ // śrīkāsīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // cha // cha // cha // cha // cha // (f. 19r).; 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts