Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Kṣetrakhaṇḍa. Mallārīmahātmya.

Mallārimahātmya, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (145 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm.

Dedicated to the praise and veneration of the Hindu deity Mallāri, a form of Śiva and his mythology, and sacred places of the Deccan region; the god's cult is especially popular in the state of Maharashtra, particularly among low caste people; refers to purification through bathing rites at pilgrimage sites. Text references a deity who is a hybrid of the Sun and Śiva named Mārttaṇḍa Bhairava. Work is purported to be a part of the Kṣetrakāṇḍa of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, no standard editions of that text include it; thought to have been composed by Deśastha Brahmans of Maharashtra; colophon is in Sanskrit and Marathi.

Title from colophon (f. 145v).

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

145 leaves foliated 1-145, lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe kṣetrakaṃḍe mallārimahātmye śrīmallārivākyanāmadvāviṃśodhyāyaḥ // 22 // śrīmallārimārttaṃḍabhairavārpaṇam astu // jejurī // karayāce pustak āse // (f. 145v).

Mistakes 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.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 451

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 451

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

मल्लारिमहात्म्य, १७००-१८५०.