Rāmastavarājastotramantra, circa 1700-1850; रामस्तवराजस्तोत्रमन्त्र, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Anandanatha Yogipravara (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used in private or public recitation or prayer dedicated to the praise and worship of the Hindu deity Rāma through the perspective of the Pāñcarātra school, a Tantric sect of Vaiṣṇavism popular, especially in South India. Text gives vivid iconographic descriptions of the deity. Presented as a conversation between the legendary figures Nārada and Vyāsa. Manuscript leaves some folios blank (f. 6v, f. 7v, f. 8v, and f. 9v), but the text is complete and continuous.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Tantrism; Pāñcarātra (Sect); Vaishnavism; Hindu mantras; Rāma (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Nārada (Hindu mythology)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; prayers (compositions); hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 12 x 19 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsanatkumārasaṃhitatāyāṃ nāradoktaṃ śrīrāmastavarājastotramaṃtraṃ samāptaṃ // śrīrāmārpaṇamastu // (f. 10v).; 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 2209

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts