Viṣṇusahasranāma, 1800s; विष्णुसहस्रनाम, १८००-१८९९

Date:

1800

Description:

Text praising the thousand names of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, attributed to the epic Mahābhārata, but circulated as an independent devotional text used in private or public meditation and prayer. Presented as a discourse between the legendary warriors Bhīṣma and king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vishnu (Hindu deity); Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology); Bhīṣma (Hindu mythological character); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Epic literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); hymns; prayers (compositions); epic literature; dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Colophon: iti śrī manmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vayyāsikyām anuśāsanike parvaṇibhīṣṃayudhiṣṭhirasavāde śrīviṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotraṃ sa[ṃ]pūrṇaṃ // cha (f. 30r); Colophon, introduction of speakers, and double daṇḍas in red. Mistakes covered over with yellow or blacked out. Some marginal corrections.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; Poleman notes: "Although this text is assigned to the Anuśāsanikaparva by the copyist, it is actually from the Śāntiparva"; however, the text does not appear in the critical edition of the Śāntiparva.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts