Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya, circa 1700-1850; मार्गशीर्षमाहात्म्य, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Incomplete sections of chapter 11 and chapter 12 of the Mārgaśīrṣamāhātmya from the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. 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

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; prayers (compositions); hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

Moon -- Religious aspects; Moon

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 1r).; Written in 15-16 lines per leaf.; 1 leaves foliated , lower right verso.; Internal Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe mārgaśīrṣamāhātmye brahmakṛṣṇasaṃvāde ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ 11 (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Formerly housed with Item 346.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3038

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts