Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, circa 1818-1819; मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य,१८१८-१८१९

Date:

1818

Description:

Manuscript employed for consultation and recitation; praises the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December), when the moon enters into the constellation of Mṛgaśiras. Presented as a conversation between the Hindu deities Kṛṣṇa and Brahmā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Bālaṃbhaṭa Mauni of the Brahmaghāṭa of Vārāṇasī (f. 43v).; Mauni, Bālaṃbhaṭa, former owner.

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Brahma (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (45 leaves) : paper; 10 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

Moon -- Religious aspects; Moon

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 44v).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 45 leaves foliated 1-44, [i] upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye ṣoḍśodhyāyā 16 mārgaśīrṣamāhātmasaṃpūrṇam astu / śrīkāśiviśveśvarārpaṇam astu saṃvat 1876 śake 1741 vikrutināmasa[ṃ]vatsare pauṣakṛṣṇa 13 somyavāsare / (f. 43v).; Dated saṃvat 1875 (1818) (f. 44r), saṃvat 1876 and śaka 1741 (1819) (f. 43v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Decorative border desin in black (f. 44r).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 365

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts