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Vande devam viṣṇum śeṣasthiti hetuṃ, circa 1700-1850; वन्दे देवं विष्णुं शेषस्थिति हेतुं,१७००-१८५०

Date:
1700
Description:
Devotional text to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu and especially his manifestation as Rāma.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Vishnu (Hindu deity); Rāma (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Amulets (Hinduism)
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Hymns; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 12 x 19 cm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Nārāyaṇakavaca supplied by Poleman, but there appears to be no evidence of a connection to the figure of Nārāyaṇa, though text may have functioned as a kind of amulet or protective prayer (kavaca) as there is some reference to various weapons and their knowledge, and battle.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; 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