Anusmṛti, circa 1700-1850; अनुस्मृति, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1800

Description:

Selection of 73 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:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 10 x 11 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10r).; Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers and double daṇḍas when written in red. Attractive ornamental design, in red, on first and last leaf (f. 1r, f. 10v); several folios colored in yellow.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ anusmṛti samāptā // śubhaṃ bhavat //; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 489

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts