Veṅkaṭeśa aṣṭottaraśatanāma, circa 1700-1850; वेङ्कटेश अष्टोत्तरशतनाम, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript likely for private meditation and prayer celebrating 108 names of the Hindu deity Veṅkaṭeśa, a South Indian form of the deity Viṣṇu, located on the mountain Tirupati, a sacred pilgrimage site in Tamil Nadu.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Veṅkaṭeśvara (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Varāha (Hindu deity); Hindu goddesses; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 6.6 x 4 cm.

Geographic Subject:

Tirupati (India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; Significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double line.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 598

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts