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Gurupādukāpañcakastotra, circa 1700-1850.
গুরুপাদুকাপঞ্চকস্তোত্র
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Indic 19
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Guru worship (Rite).
- Tantrism.
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Prayers.
- Poems.
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased in Pune, India, by Pushkar Sohoni, 2012.
- Gift of Pushkar Sohoni, 2013.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (64 leaves) : palm leaf ; 4 x 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- ১৭০০-১৮৫০.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Bengali)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a collection of religious texts, primarily in Sanskrit, written in Bengali script. Possibly containing selections from the Devībhāgavatapurāṇa as well as Tantric and ritual material. The end of the work mentions a devotional poetic work (stotra) dedicated to the feet of a revered teacher (guru) and meant to be recited and performed on a daily basis.
- Notes:
- Title from explicit (f. 161).
- Written in 3-4 lines per leaf.
- 64 leaves chaotically foliated up to folio 161; foliation is difficult to read.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Palm leaf with a central hole for a string to hold folios together.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Indic 19.
- OCLC:
- 911511341
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