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Bhagavadgītā, 1805.
भगवद्गीता
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2200
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Bhagavadgītā.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Krishna (Hindu deity).
- Krishna.
- Arjuna (Hindu mythological character).
- Arjuna.
- Epic literature, Sanskrit.
- Hindu mythology.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- epic poems
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (165 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2200
- Place of Publication:
- 1805.
- १८०५.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Complete version of this Hindu epic, focusing on the relationship and discourse of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. Manuscript is small, pocket-sized text meant for personal use, recitation, prayer and meditation.
- Notes:
- Title from incipit (f. 1r).
- Written in 5 lines per leaf.
- 165 leaves foliated 1-165, upper left and lower right verso.
- Dated śaka 1727 (1805) (f. 165v).
- 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.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2200.
- OCLC:
- 960907505
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