Ṛṇakṣayastotra, circa 1700-1850.
ऋणक्षयस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Dāḍekara, Kṛṣṇa, scribe.

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Spiritual intelligence.

Wisdom--Religious aspects.

Wisdom.

Puja (Hinduism).

Hindu goddesses.

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Sarasvatī (Hindu deity).

Sarasvatī.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu mantras.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 9 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2181

Other Title:

Ṛṇaharaṣaḍakṣaracintāmaṇistotra.

Ṛṇamokṣastotra.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

First part of manuscript is a text containing prayers and mantras recited in honor and worship (pūjā) of various Hindu deities such as the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and Kṛṣṇa, in order to remove or liberate families and households from debt (ṛṇa). Second part of manuscript is a text containing prayers and mantras recited in honor of various Hindu goddess such as Bhāratī, Sarasvātī, Parvātī, and Śāradā, for increasing intelligence or wisdom (prajñā); text gives details of objects held by the goddesses such as a book, ceremonial grasses, a noose, and other things.

Contents:

(Part 1:) Ṛṇakṣayastotra

(Part 2:) Prajñāvardhanastotra.

Notes:

Scribe is Kṛṣṇa Dāḍekara (f. 1v).

Title from title incipit (f. 1r); alternate title of first part Ṛṇaharaṣaḍakṣaracintāmaṇistotra from colophon (f. 1r); second alternate title of first part Ṛṇamokṣastotra from native wrapping; title of second part Prajñāvardhanastotra from colophon (f. 1v).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

1 leaves foliated.

Colophon: [iti śrīma]dbhaviṣyottarapurāṇe ṛṇaharaṣaḍakṣaraciṃtāmaṇistotraṃ saṃpūrṇam śrīṣṭagurubhyonamaḥ (f. 1r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 1241 and 1565 (UP 2181).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2181

Contains:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa

Prajñāvardhanastotra.

OCLC:

796287335