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Viṣṇustotra, circa 1700-1850.
विष्णुस्तोत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 353
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Śaṅkarācārya, attributed name.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Sanskrit poetry.
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu.
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 20 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 353
- Other Title:
- Ṣaṭpadī.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Poem in 6 verses (ṣaṭpadī) dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu traditionally attributed to the medieval Indian sage Śaṅkarācārya; contains reference Viṣṇu's avatāras and other myths associated with the god; the secondary title Ṣaṭpadī is sometimes translated as "the bees" (insect with 6 legs).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2r); alternate title from explicit (f. 2r).
- Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.
- Colophon: iti viṣṇo stotre sampūrṇam // śrī (f. 2r).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; paper colored yellow.
- 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 1478 (UP 353).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 353
- OCLC:
- 770332918
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