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

Contributor:

Sahasrabuddha, Viṣṇuśāstri (scribe)

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:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 15 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: it[i] zrī śrīsūkta saṃpūrṇam astu // (f. 4v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout for recitation.; Scribe is Viṣṇuśāstri Sahasrabuddha, son of Vināyaka Sahasrabuddha (f. 4v).; Watermarks of a coat of arms with a partial name including the letters M, O, and possibly C or G.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2036

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts