Nṛsiṃhacampūkāvya, circa 1700-1850; नृसिंहचम्पूकाव्य,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Nr̥siṃhacampū

Name:

Keśavācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mythology; Narasiṃha (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Prahlāda (Hindu mythological character); Hiraṇyakaśipu

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 17 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2427

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts