Viṣṇustotra, circa 1700-1850; विष्णुस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Poem in 6 verses (ṣaṭpadī) dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu traditionally attributed to the medieval Indian sage Śaṅkarācārya; contains reference Viṣṇu's avatāras and other myths associated with the god; the secondary title Ṣaṭpadī is sometimes translated as "the bees" (insect with 6 legs).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sanskrit poetry; Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 9 x 20 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r); alternate title from explicit (f. 2r).; Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.; Colophon: iti viṣṇo stotre sampūrṇam // śrī (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; paper colored yellow.; 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