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Lakṣmīstotra, circa 1700-1850.
लक्ष्मीस्तोत्र

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Format:
Manuscript
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Lakshmī (Hindu deity).
Lakshmī.
Shaktism.
Worship (Hinduism).
Genre:
prayers (compositions)
hymns
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 465
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Praise of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī as taught by the legendary Hindu sage Agastya who is named in the text as the author. References the category of śakti or feminine energy.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīkā [-] agastyapro[ktaṃ] lakṃīstotraṃ saṃpūrṇa // (f. 4v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Formerly housed with item 466, item 467, item 468, item 469, and item 470. These items likely shared a former owner.
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 1676 (UP 465).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 465
OCLC:
781296659

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