Details

Subjects:

Hinduism.
Saturn (Planet).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Śani (Hindu deity).
Saturn (Planet) -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Devotional work dedicated to the planet Saturn, personified as the deity Śani, to be recited on the eighth day after the full moon (aṣṭaka).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīvyāsaviracitaṃ śanyaṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 1748 (UP 2201).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2201.

OCLC:

960907464