Madanagopāladhyāna, circa 1700-1850.
मदनगोपालध्यान

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 20 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2538

Other Title:

Gopālasundarī

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation, prayer and worship (pūjā) in praise of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. Presented as a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī. Text is a section of the Rudrayāmala, a Śaiva work.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r); alternate title Gopālasundarī supplied by cataloger.

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; verse divisions, folio numbers, and title in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Watermark of parts of a coat of arms.

Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale śivapārvatīsaṃvāde madanagopāladhyānasamāptiḥ // śrīkṛṣṇārpa[ṇa] // (f. 4r).

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 4588 (UP 2538).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2538.

OCLC:

969357046