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[Avatars of Vishnu], 1800s.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu literature, Odia.
- Krishna (Hindu deity).
- Krishna.
- Rāma (Hindu deity).
- Rāma.
- RaÌma (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu (Hindu deity)--Art.
- Vishnu.
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Avatars (Religion).
- Monsters--India.
- Monsters.
- India.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Art.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), the catalog Dreams, devotion and romance : illustrated manuscripts from India (2010), no. 18.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (63 leaves) : palm leaf, illustrations ; 5 x 13 cm
- Place of Publication:
- 1800s.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Oriya script).
- Summary:
- Text praising and illustrating the major avatāras of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, including Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, focusing especially on their defeat of various demons.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Includes 36 illustrations.
- Written in 3 lines per leaf.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Indic 1
- OCLC:
- 651040398
- Online:
- The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page
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