Details

Other Title:

Nr̥siṃhacampū

Subjects:

Hindu mythology.
Narasiṃha (Hindu deity).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Prahlāda (Hindu mythological character).
Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

A work of campū literature (both prose and verse) on the story of Narasiṃha, an avatāra of the deity Viṣṇu, focusing on his devotee Prahlāda, son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16); alternate title Nr̥siṃhacampū supplied by cataloger.
Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmanmahārājādhirājasya spṛhaṇīyaśaury[?]hāryyagāṃbhīryādyanekānavadyaguṇaguṇavirājamānaśrīmatumāpatidalapatīrājodyotitapaṃḍitaśrīkeśavaviracite nṛsiṃhacaṃpūkāvye paṃcamastavakaḥ // 5 // (f. 15v-16r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 1995 (UP 2427).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2427.

OCLC:

963981918