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Anusmṛtistotra, circa 1700-1850.
अनुस्मृतिस्तोत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2666
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Mahābhārata. Śāntiparva. Anusmṛti
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Epic literature, Sanskrit.
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu.
- Worship (Hinduism).
- Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 24 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2666
- Other Title:
- Viṣṇuranusmṛtistotra.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Selection of 104 verses from the Śāntiparvan of the Mahābhārata on the importance of remembering the Hindu deity Viṣṇu at death.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 8r); alternate title Viṣṇuranusmṛtistotra also from colophon (f. 8r).
- Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers and double daṇḍas written in red. Mistakes rubbed out and written over or covered with yellow.
- Written in 8 lines per leaf.
- Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ vaipāśakyāṃśc[ā]nusāsanirkadānadhamauviṣṇur anusmṛtistotraṃ sapūrṇaṃ (f. 8r).
- Non-Latin script record.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 851 (UP 2666).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2666
- OCLC:
- 335602090
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