Rāmakṛṣṇakāvya, circa 1700-1850.
रामकृष्णकाव्य

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Daivajña, Sūryaśrī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Rāma (Hindu deity).
• Krishna (Hindu deity).
• Vishnu (Hindu deity).
• Avatars (Religion).
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

• Poems.
• Prayers.
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 505

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for the contemplation and study as well as for recitation practice and is a poetic praise of the Hindu gods Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in half stanzas dedicated to each god throughout. These two gods are considered avatāras of the god Viṣṇu. Manuscript contains a commentary, likely by the author of the principal work, running parallel above and below the main text.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 29r).
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
• 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: iti śrīmaddaivajñayapaṃḍitasūryaviracitaṃ rāmakṛṣṇakāvyaṃ samāptaṃ śrīsamakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu (f. 29r).
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers and some phrases highlighted in red throughout; 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 2020 (UP 505).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 505

OCLC:

846856633