Ādityahṛdayastotra, circa 1700-1850; आदित्यहृदयस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of hymns, mantras, and praises to the Sun god (Āditya, also called Sūrya) used for private or public recitation, meditation, and prayer, presented as a conversation between the legendary prince Arjuna and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sun worship; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Arjuna (Hindu mythological character); Krishna (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras; Sūrya (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 13 x 27 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8v).; Written in 9-13 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde ādityaṛdayastotrasaṃpūrṇaṃ samāpta[ṃ] // śrīrastu // śrī // (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins;verse markers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Notes on paper and bindings or wrappings.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts