Viṣṇusahasranāmāvalī, circa 1700-1850; विष्णुसहस्रनामावली,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text used in public or private recitation and prayer, employing mantras in worship (pūjā). The text is devoted to listing one thousand names of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu such as Keśava, Puṇḍarīkākṣa, Viśvayoni.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vishnu (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 9 x 14 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from end title page (f. 15v).; Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts