Dvādaśastotra, circa 1700-1850; द्वादशस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Balirāmamula (Son of Rudraṃ Bhaṭa) (scribe)

Name:

Madhva, active 13th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is employed for study or recitation and contains references to and praise of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa as well as other avatāras or manifestations of the god Viṣṇu and discusses their various exploits, such as the defeat of demons. Reciting the hymns (stotras) is said to remove one's accumulated sins. Manuscript is divided into twelve different short hymns dedicated to different forms of Viṣṇu.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Demonology; Forgiveness of sin; Hinduism; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Krishna (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Avatars (Religion); Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism; Hindu mythology; Demonology -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers (documents); Hymns (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 9 x 18 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Referred to as Ānandatīrtha, one of his other names, in the colophon of manuscript (f. 17v); well known Vedanta philosopher and Sanskrit commentator.; Title from colophon (f. 17v-18r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadānaṃdatīrthabhagavatyādācāryaviracite [//] śrīma[d]dvādaśastotre dvādaśodhyāyaḥ // 12 // idaṃ pustakaṃ rudraṃ bhaṭasūtena balirāmamulena likhItaṃ svārthaṃ paropakārārthaṃ // tat sat kṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 18r).; Mistakes blacked out.; Some folios are on blue, European stock of paper with an undetermined watermark.; Scribe is Balirāmamula son of Rudraṃ Bhaṭa (f. 18r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts