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Nṛsiṃhacampūkāvya, circa 1700-1850.
नृसिंहचम्पूकाव्य
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2427
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Keśavācārya.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mythology.
- Narasiṃha (Hindu deity).
- Narasiṃha.
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu.
- Prahlāda (Hindu mythological character).
- Prahlāda.
- Hiraṇyakaśipu.
- Genre:
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 17 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2427
- Other Title:
- Nr̥siṃhacampū
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- A work of campū literature (both prose and verse) on the story of Narasiṃha, an avatāra of the deity Viṣṇu, focusing on his devotee Prahlāda, son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 16); alternate title Nr̥siṃhacampū supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
- 16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmanmahārājādhirājasya spṛhaṇīyaśaury[?]hāryyagāṃbhīryādyanekānavadyaguṇaguṇavirājamānaśrīmatumāpatidalapatīrājodyotitapaṃḍitaśrīkeśavaviracite nṛsiṃhacaṃpūkāvye paṃcamastavakaḥ // 5 // (f. 15v-16r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- 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 1995 (UP 2427).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2427.
- OCLC:
- 963981918
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