Details

Other Title:

Rāmāryāśataka.

Subjects:

Rāma (Hindu deity).
Archery in literature.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Also known as Mudgala Bhaṭṭa and Mahāmudgala Sūri.

Summary:

Poem (kāvya) of 106 verses in āryā meter, praising the Hindu deity Rāma as the supreme lord of the universe and recounting his story, especially his prowess in archery.

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 1r); alternate title Rāmāryāśataka supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 1723 (UP 1554).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1554.

OCLC:

927116818