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Viṣṇusahasranāmāvalī, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:
Text used in public or private recitation and prayer, employing mantras in praise and worship (pūjā) of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Manuscript consists primarily of 99 numbered mantras referring to various names of Viṣṇu, as well as some introductory verses although the title refers to the thousand names of Viṣṇu and the number "1,000" is written after the final mantra. Manuscript was folded in half, likely to be carried about on the person of the Vaiṣṇava devotee.
Date:
1700
Identifier:
9959356183503681; (OCoLC)ocn837693420; (OCoLC)837693420; (PU)5935618-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.; Vaishnavism.; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.; Hindu mantras.; Hymns.; Manuscripts.; Prayers.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Poems.
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm
Personal Name:
Vishnu
Notes:
Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.; 12 leaves foliated 1-11, [12], upper left and lower right verso.; Title from incipit.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 390
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts.