Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Other Title:

Hanumatstavarājastotra.

Subjects:

Hanumān (Hindu deity).
Monkeys -- Religious aspects.
Monkeys -- Folklore.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rāma (Hindu deity).
Puja (Hinduism).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Hindu goddesses.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Meditative/mystical incantation praising and honoring the Hindu monkey god Hanuman and recounting some of the associated mythology associated with him from the Rāmāyaṇa. Presented as a dialogue between the Hindu deity Śiva and his consort, the goddess Pārvatī.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9r-9v); alternate title Hanumatstavarājastotra from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībrāhmāṃḍapurāṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde hanumatstavarājasamāptaṃ // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // cha // cha // cha // (f. 9r-9v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or white, or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.
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 1214 (UP 2468).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2468

OCLC:

794416063