Anusmṛti, 1800s; अनुस्मृति,१८००-१८९९

Date:

1800

Description:

Selection of 74 verses from the Śāntiparvan of the Mahābhārata on the importance of remembering the Hindu deity Viṣṇu at death.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Epic literature, Sanskrit; Vishnu (Hindu deity); Worship (Hinduism); Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 8 x 14 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14v); alternate title Viṣṇudharmottara also from colophon (f. 14v).; Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas in red; a few marginal corrections and many very lengthy additions in margins, possibly a commentary; Telugu script in margin (f. 1r).; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śāṃtiparvaṇi śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ viṣṇudharmottare anusmṛtya sampūrṇam //; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2496

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts