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

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 (11 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10r); alternate title Viṣṇudharmottara also from colophon (f. 10r).; Invocation, colophon, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas in red. Mistakes covered over with yellow.; Colophon: iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ viṣṇudharmottare anusmṛtya sampūrṇam // śubhaṃ bhavat //; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2475

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts