Rāmakṛṣṇakāvya, circa 1700-1850; रामकृष्णकाव्य,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Daivajña, Sūryaśrī

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rāma (Hindu deity); Krishna (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Avatars (Religion); Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

poems; prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 29r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmaddaivajñayapaṃḍitasūryaviracitaṃ rāmakṛṣṇakāvyaṃ samāptaṃ śrīsamakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu (f. 29r).; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 505

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts