Collection of hymns and mantras, circa 1700-1850.

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Hindu mantras.

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Genre:

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 6 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 99

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of hymns and mantras to various Hindu and Vedic deities; includes partial hymns from the Ṛgveda: one to the cosmic man (puruṣa) and one to the deity Viṣṇu; contains mantras to Śiva.

Contents:

Puruṣasūkta [first 16 verses only]

Viṣṇusūkta [first section only]

Namaste astu bhagavan

[unidentified].

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Section title Puruṣasūkta from rubric (f. 1r); section title Viṣṇusūkta supplied by cataloger; section title Namaste astu bhagavan from manuscript (f. 4v).

Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out, some corrections in margins, vertical margins marked with double red line, accents given throughout.

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 20 (UP 99).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 21, Item 99

Contains:

Vedas. R̥gveda. Selections

Puruṣasūkta.

Viṣṇusūkta.

Namaste astu bhagavan.

OCLC:

759123074