Details

Standardized Title:

Bhaktāmarastotra

Subjects:

Jaina hymns, Prakrit.
Jainism -- Prayers and devotions.
Tīrthaṅkaras.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Prakrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer. Text gives a treatment of poetics, referencing kāvyaguṇas, while presented as a praise (stotra), possibly to a tirthaṅkara (ford-maker, a revered figure in the Jaina cosmology).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3r); alternate title Bhaktāmarastotra from final title page (f. 3v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaktāṃ maraprabhavalikhitaṃ // śrī // (f. 3r).
Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 5423 (UP 436).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 436

OCLC:

842412117