Ādityahṛdayastotra, circa 1700-1850; आदित्यहृदयस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of hymns, mantras, and praises to the Sun god (Āditya also called Sūrya) used for private or public recitation, meditation, and prayer. presented as a conversation between the legendary prince Arjuna and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sun worship; Sūrya (Hindu deity); Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Arjuna (Hindu mythological character); Krishna (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (27 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Formerly housed with Item 411.; Title from colophon (f. 27r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 27 leaves foliated 1-27, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇārjjunasaṃvāde śrī āditya[hṛ]dayastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ sadāśīvaprasaṃnna // (f. 26v-27r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3037

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts