Details

Standardized Title:

Rāmāyaṇa. Selections

Subjects:

Epic literature, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hanumān (Hindu deity).
Rāma (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Hymns.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Praise of the thousand names of the Hindu monkey deity Hanuman in 50 verses; said to be conveyed by the Hindu deity and earthly king Rāma; for use in prayer, meditation, and recitation.

Notes:

Title from final title page (f. 12v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīvālmīkirāmāyaṇe rāmacaṃdrapraṇītaṃ hanumātsahasranāmastotraṃ sapūrṇaṃ // saṃvat 1[7]84 // hanumatenamaḥ // cha // (f. 12r).
Dated saṃvat 1784 (1727); the "7" is uncertain (f. 12r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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 1004 (UP 393).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 393

OCLC:

770332977