Mahālakṣmīstotra, circa 1700-1850; महालक्ष्मीस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Rāmacandra (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī containing mantras (words of power) for releasing someone from debt (ṛṇamocanamantra).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Debt; Hinduism; Lakshmī (Hindu deity); Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras; Debt -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

hymns; watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Attributed to and written in the voice of the sage (ṛṣi) Rāmacandra, but likely written by someone else.; Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Colophon: iti śrīrāmacaṃdraviracitaṃ mahālakṣmīstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam astu // (f. 2v).; Watermark of a partial coat of arms.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2452

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts