Prayāgamāhātmya, 1802.

Abstract:

Manuscript employed for private or public recitation or prayer, praising the greatness of the sacred pilgrimage center of Prāyāga (modern day Allahabad) and presenting mythological accounts of its origin, and power as well as accounts of various Hindu gods, especially Viṣṇu. Contains twelve chapters in total.

Timespan:

Allahabad (India); India.

Date:

1802

Identifier:

9958038323503681; (OCoLC)ocn802284685; (OCoLC)802284685; (PU)5803832-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages.; Hindu mythology.; Poems.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Prayers.; Manuscripts.; Hymns.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (53 leaves) : paper; 12 x 19 cm

Personal Name:

Vishnu

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 53v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Title on front cover (f. 1r) is written upside down.; Non-Latin script record.; Dated saṃvat 1859 (1802) (f. 53v).; 53 leaves foliated 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī matsyapurāṇe prayāgamāhātmye dvādaśodhyāyaḥ cha 12 cha saṃ[vat] 1859 māghe māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe saptamīmaṃdavāsare prayāgamādhavakṣetre makaraṃ dolikhadvijaḥ 1 // lekhakṛpāṭhakayoḥ śubhaṃ bhūyāt śrīgurucaṇasamarthitaṃ // (f. 53v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.