Aṣṭādaśaślokīgītāsāra, 1830; अष्टादशश्लोकीगीतासार,१८३०

Date:

1830

Description:

Two texts, Aṣṭādaśaślokīgītāsāra and Saptaślokīgītā, containing a selection of verses from the Mahābhārata and the Bhagavadgītā; a discourse between the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in his earthly manifestation of Kṛṣṇa and prince Arjuna; used for recitation, meditation, and prayer.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Epic literature, Sanskrit; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title for manuscript from colophon of first work (f. 3v); title for second work Saptaślokīgītā from colophon (f. 4v).; Colophon: saptaślokīgītāsamāptaḥ // śrī // saṃvat 1887 plavanāsaṃvatsare pauṣaśuddha 2 (f. 4v).; Dated: saṃvat 1887 plavanāsaṃvatsare pauṣaśuddha 2 (Friday, December 17, 1830) (f. 4v).; Written in 9 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts