Ādityahṛdayastotra, circa 1700-1850.
आदित्यहृदयस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Sun worship.

Sūrya (Hindu deity).

Sūrya.

Mitra (Hindu deity).

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.

Hinduism.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Arjuna (Hindu mythological character).

Arjuna.

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2458

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of hymns, mantras, and praises to the Sun god (Āditya also called Sūrya) used for private or public recitation, meditation, and prayer. presented as a conversation between the legendary prince Arjuna and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. Opening mantra of praise is dedicated to the Vedic god Mirtra rather than to the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

Notes:

Title from title colophon (f. 18r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

18 leaves foliated 1-17, [18], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde ādityahṛdayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 18r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1233 (UP 2458).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2458

OCLC:

796288668