Ṛṇakṣayastotra, circa 1700-1850; ऋणक्षयस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Dāḍekara, Kṛṣṇa (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

First part of manuscript is a text containing prayers and mantras recited in honor and worship (pūjā) of various Hindu deities such as the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and Kṛṣṇa, in order to remove or liberate families and households from debt (ṛṇa). Second part of manuscript is a text containing prayers and mantras recited in honor of various Hindu goddess such as Bhāratī, Sarasvātī, Parvātī, and Śāradā, for increasing intelligence or wisdom (prajñā); text gives details of objects held by the goddesses such as a book, ceremonial grasses, a noose, and other things.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Spiritual intelligence; Wisdom -- Religious aspects; Puja (Hinduism); Hindu goddesses; Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Krishna (Hindu deity); Sarasvatī (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 9 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Table of contents: (Part 1:) Ṛṇakṣayastotra -- (Part 2:) Prajñāvardhanastotra.; Scribe is Kṛṣṇa Dāḍekara (f. 1v).; Title from title incipit (f. 1r); alternate title of first part Ṛṇaharaṣaḍakṣaracintāmaṇistotra from colophon (f. 1r); second alternate title of first part Ṛṇamokṣastotra from native wrapping; title of second part Prajñāvardhanastotra from colophon (f. 1v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 1 leaves foliated.; Colophon: [iti śrīma]dbhaviṣyottarapurāṇe ṛṇaharaṣaḍakṣaraciṃtāmaṇistotraṃ saṃpūrṇam śrīṣṭagurubhyonamaḥ (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2181

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts