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IO SAN 846e

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032-003720587
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IO SAN 846e
Title:
Holikāmāhātmya
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Oriental Manuscripts
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India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
foll. 22
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Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Devanagari
Start Date:
1765
End Date:
1765
Date Range:
1765
Era:
CE
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IO SAN 846e

Holikāmāhātmya

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Title: Holikāmāhātmya

A supplement to the Pātālakhaṇḍa of the Padmapurāṇa.

In 6 adhyāyas.

It describes the Holikāvrata, a ceremony performed, in honour of Kṛṣṇa, during the fortnight preceding the full moon of the month Phālguṇa.

Explicit: ityetatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ holikākhyānamuttamaṃ | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṛṇāṃ kimanyacchrotumicchatha ||89|| iti śrī padmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe holikāmāhātmye [holikā]varapradānaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ || ॰ ||
ff. 22r-22v
Incipit: sūta uvāca | śṛṇvantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve guhyādguhyataraṃ mahat | holikāvratamāhātmyaṃ vistareṇa tapodhanāḥ ||1|| phālguṇasya site pakṣe kuryādvratamanuttamaṃ | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṛṇāṃ nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ||2|| f. 1v

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: foll. 22
Dimensions (leaf): 24.7 × 10 cm.
Dimensions (written): 19 × 6 cm.

Condition

Good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 9

8 to 10 lines in a page.

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History

Origin: 1765

Provenance and Acquisition

H.T. Colebrooke

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microfilm IOL 286

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