Gurugītā, circa 1700-1850; गुरुगीता, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise and worship of a spiritual teacher or guru. Claims to be from the Skandapurāṇa and is presented as a discourse between the goddess Umā (a form of Pārvatī) and Maheśavara (a form of Śiva).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Guru worship (Rite); Hinduism; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Guru worship (Rite) -- Hinduism; Puja (Hinduism); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity); dialogues

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper; 13 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde gurugītāsamāptaḥ // (f. XX).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. Front and back folios are reinforced with blue paper on the outer sides (f. 1r and f. 23v).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2284

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts