Rāmāṣṭottaraśatanāma, 1858; रामाष्टोत्तरशतनाम,१८५८

Date:

1858

Description:

Devotional text attributed to the Padmapurāṇa, praising 108 names of the Hindu deity Rāma. Outlines the various heroic deeds of Rāma, especially the slaying of Hindu demons such as Rāvaṇa. Presented as a discourse between the legendary figures Nārada and Bhīṣma.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Monsters; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rāma (Hindu deity); Sita (Hindu deity); Nārada (Hindu mythology); Bhīṣma (Hindu mythological character); Monsters -- India; Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character); Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe nāradabhīṣmasaṃvāde śrī rāmāṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmasaṃpūrṇam astu // śrī sītārāmaca[ṃ]drārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // idaṃ śake 1770 siddhārthīnāmasavatsare dakṣiṇāyane grīṣma ṛtaujyeṣṭhasitapakṣe saptamyāṃ guruvāsare sārdhayāmenhi likhitaṃ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ // ca // rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacaṃdrāya vedhaseraghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ // (f. 2v).; Dated śaka 1770 (1858) (f. 2v).; 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.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts