Details

Subjects:

Krishna (Hindu deity).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Epic literature, Sanskrit.
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Two texts, Aṣṭādaśaślokīgītāsāra and Saptaślokīgītā, containing a selection of verses from the Mahābhārata and the Bhagavadgītā; a discourse between the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in his earthly manifestation of Kṛṣṇa and prince Arjuna; used for recitation, meditation, and prayer.

Notes:

Title for manuscript from colophon of first work (f. 3v); title for second work Saptaślokīgītā from colophon (f. 4v).
Colophon: saptaślokīgītāsamāptaḥ // śrī // saṃvat 1887 plavanāsaṃvatsare pauṣaśuddha 2 (f. 4v).
Dated: saṃvat 1887 plavanāsaṃvatsare pauṣaśuddha 2 (Friday, December 17, 1830) (f. 4v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 985 (UP 2202).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2202

Contains:

Saptaślokīgītā.

OCLC:

428979926