Text for public or private recitation and prayer to be used in the worship (pūjā) and praise of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī, the consort of the deity Viṣṇu. Presented as a discourse between the legendary sage Parāśara and the vedic deity Indra.
Title from end title page (f. 3v); alternate title Laks̜mīstuti from colophon (f. 3r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe prathameśeśaktakṛtā laks̜mīstutir navamodhyāyaḥ // 9 // 11 // śrīśāke 1749 śrīsamvat 1884 (f. 3r).; Dated śaka 1749 saṃvat 1884 (1827) (f. 3r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 403
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