Māghamāhātmya, circa 1700-1850; माघमाहात्म्य,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript represents chapter 25 of a text celebrating the greatness of the month of Māgha (January-February), to be used in public or private recitation and prayer for the purpose of performing rites and ceremonies such as removing sin (including brahmahatyā -- the murder of a Brahman) and those who give worldly benefits to the devotee.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Murder; Sins; Hindu astronomy; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mythology; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Sins -- Religious aspects; Murder -- India -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīvāyupurāṇe māghamāhātmye paṃcaviṃśodhyā[ya]ḥ // (f. 6r).; Mistakes blacked out.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts