Śrīsūkta, circa 1700-1850; श्रीसूक्त,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Hymn praising Lakṣmī (known as Śrī), the goddess of wealth. Part of a group of texts appended to the Ṛgveda known as the khila (filling in gaps and considered apocryphal), not found in the original text but thought to be very early.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lakshmī (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3r).; Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-2, [3], lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsūktasamāptaṃ // (f. 3r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts