Details

Subjects:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Avatars (Religion).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Legendary author named on the title page (f. 1r). He is often attributed to various genres of popular Sanskrit literature, but is not likely to have been the author of so many works.

Summary:

Manuscript is a collection of eleven (ekādaśa) short praise (stotra) texts, used for private recitation, prayer, and worship (pūjā) directed towards various Hindu deities, especially Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), as well as other avatāras of the god Viṣṇu.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti ekādaśastotraṃ // (f. 16v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line. Borders of most folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder.

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 1917 (UP 412).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 412

OCLC:

838647658