Veṅkaṭeśa aṣṭottaraśatanāma, circa 1700-1850.
वेङ्कटेश अष्टोत्तरशतनाम

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Varāhapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Veṅkaṭeśvara (Hindu deity).

Veṅkaṭeśvara.

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Varāha (Hindu deity).

Hindu goddesses.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Puja (Hinduism).

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Tirupati (India).

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 18th century.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 19th century.

Manuscripts -- India -- 18th century.

Manuscripts -- India -- 19th century.

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 6.6 x 4 cm.

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 598

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Summary:

Small manuscript likely for private meditation and prayer celebrating 108 names of the Hindu deity Veṅkaṭeśa, a South Indian form of the deity Viṣṇu, located on the mountain Tirupati, a sacred pilgrimage site in Tamil Nadu.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

Significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double 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 1442 (UP 598).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 598.

OCLC:

1049573637