Prayāgamāhātmya, 1806
प्रयागमाहात्म्य, १८०६

Description
Text celebrating the greatness of and presenting mythology related to the Hindu sacred pilgrimage center Prayāga (modern Allahabad). Presented as a discourse between Śiva's follower Nandi and the legendary sage Nārada.
Creator
Bhīkaṃbhaṭṭa, Mauni (son of Viśvanātha) (scribe)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
poems
prayers (compositions)
hymns
dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1806
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Sacred space
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
Sacred space -- India
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Nārada (Hindu mythology)
Hindu mythology
Geographic Subject
India
Allahabad (India)
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (20 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 24 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 20v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti matsyapurāṇe prayāgamāhātmye naṃdināradasaṃvāde daśamodhyāyaḥ // 25 // śrī // rāma // saṃvat 1863 śake 1728 mitir mārgaśīrṣaśuda 14 saumyavāsara // likhitaṃ maunyupanāmakabhīkaṃbhaṭṭātmajaviśvanāthena likhitaṃ // śubhaṃ bahavatu // (f. 20v).
Scibe is Mauni Bhīkaṃbhaṭṭa, son of Viśvanātha (f. 20v).
Dated saṃvat 1863 and śaka 1728 (Wednesday, December 24, 1806 A.D.) (f. 20v).
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.
Non-Latin script record.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 363
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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