Details

Subjects:

Hindu literature, Oriya.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Rāma (Hindu deity).
Vishnu (Hindu deity) -- Art.
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Avatars (Religion).
Monsters -- India.
Monsters.
India.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Art.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Oriya script).

Summary:

Text praising and illustrating the major avatāras of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu, including Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, focusing especially on their defeat of various demons.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Includes 36 illustrations.
Written in 3 lines per leaf.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), the catalog Dreams, devotion and romance : illustrated manuscripts from India (2010), no. 18.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Indic 1

OCLC:

651040398

Web link:

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