Jānakīstavarājavarṇanāma, 1878.
जानकीस्तवराजवर्णनाम

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Pāñcarātra. Agastyasaṃhitā. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Tantrism.

Sita (Hindu deity).

Sita.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 15 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2605

Place of Publication:

1878.

१८७८.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Short Tantric work praising the Hindu deity Jānakī (a name for the goddess Sītā); used in public or private meditation and prayer.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).

Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrī agastyasaṃhitāyāṃ paramarahasye śrījānakīstavarājavārṇanāma ekonavacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāya saṃpūrṇaṃ (f. 5v).

Dated saṃvat 1935 (1878) (f. 5v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1009 (UP 2605).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2605.

OCLC:

971022311