Ekādaśastotra, circa 1650-1800; एकादशस्तोत्र,१६५०-१८००

Contributor:

Vyāsa (attributed name)

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript is a collection of eleven (ekādaśa) short praise (stotra) texts, used for private recitation, prayer, and worship (pūjā) directed towards various Hindu deities, especially Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), as well as other avatāras of the god Viṣṇu.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Krishna (Hindu deity); Avatars (Religion); Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Legendary author named on the title page (f. 1r). He is often attributed to various genres of popular Sanskrit literature, but is not likely to have been the author of so many works.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti ekādaśastotraṃ // (f. 16v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line. Borders of most folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 412

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts