Kāśīmahātmaya, circa 1700-1850; काशीमाहात्म्य,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript from the seventh aṃśa of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise of the city of Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) a sacred pilgrimage center for the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is incomplete and lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Śaivism; Tantrism; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (52 leaves) : paper; 12 x 28 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 1r).; Written in 6-10 lines per leaf.; 52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant words, phrases and symbols highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2000

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts