Kālāgnirudropaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; कालाग्निरुद्रोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, consultation and recitation and is a mytho-poetic ritual manual presenting instruction for ritually putting ash on the body; presented in the form of a dialogue between the son of the Hindu deity Śiva, Sanatkumāra (known also as Skanda or Kārttikeya), and Kālāgnirudra, a form of Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mythology; Kārttikeya (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Śaivism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Poems; Dialogues; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 9 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers and metrical accents highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.; Machine made paper with a watermark bearing some kind of crest (f. 3).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts