Manuscript used for the contemplation and study as well as for recitation practice and is a poetic praise of the Hindu gods Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in half stanzas dedicated to each god throughout. These two gods are considered avatāras of the god Viṣṇu. Manuscript contains a commentary, likely by the author of the principal work, running parallel above and below the main text.
30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers and some phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Title from colophon (f. 29r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīmaddaivajñayapaṃḍitasūryaviracitaṃ rāmakṛṣṇakāvyaṃ samāptaṃ śrīsamakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu (f. 29r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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