Kāśīmahātma, circa 1700-1850; काशीमहात्म,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript contains adhyāya 5 of the seventh aṃśa of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise of the city of Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) a sacred pilgrimage center for the Hindu deity Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Śaivism; Tantrism; Siva (Hindu deity); Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (5 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 colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye saptamāṃśe śivagaurīsaṃvāde kāśīmahātme kāśīvāsaniyamavidhikathanaṃ nāmapaṃcāmodhyāyaḥ // (f. 5v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; A single wooden board supports the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts