[Avatars of Vishnu], 1800s

Date:

1800

Description:

Text praising and illustrating the major avatāras of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, including Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, focusing especially on their defeat of various demons.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), the catalog Dreams, devotion and romance : illustrated manuscripts from India (2010), no. 18.

Relation:

The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366295

Subject:

Hindu literature, Odia; Hindu literature, Oriya; Krishna (Hindu deity); Rāma (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity) Art; Vishnu (Hindu deity); Avatars (Religion); Monsters -- India; Monsters

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; works of art

Physical Description:

1 item (63 leaves) : palm leaf, illustrations; 5 x 13 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Includes 36 illustrations.; Written in 3 lines per leaf.; In Sanskrit (Oriya script).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 1