Devīmāhātmya, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:

Text praising the form of the Hindu goddess known as Devī during the eighth phase or age of the cosmic cycles and related to Sāvarṇika Manu, name of the eighth primordial human according to Hindu mythology. To be used in public or private recitation or prayer. Manuscript lacks a beginning.

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9957882903503681; (OCoLC)ocn798931986; (OCoLC)798931986; (PU)5788290-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Notes on former owners or sellers.

Subject:

Hindu cosmology.; Hindu goddesses.; Devotional literature, Sanskrit.; Hindu mythology.; Manuscripts.; Poems.; Prayers.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Hymns.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (107 leaves) : paper; 12 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title colophon (f. 120v).; Non-Latin script record.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; 107 leaves foliated 13-14, 16-114, 116-119, [120-121], lower right verso.; Colophon: iti mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvaṃtare devīmahātmya mūrtirahasyasomaśoḍaṣo 'dhyāyaḥ // 16 // cha // śrībhavāṇirpanam astu // śrīdevīrpaṇam astu // śrījagadaṃbārpaṇa[?] śake 1726 raktākṣināmasa[ṃ]vatsa[re] (f. 120v-121r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.