Details

Other Title:

Gītāsāramantra
Oṃkāragītā
Gītāsāramuktapaddastotra

Subjects:

Krishna (Hindu deity).
Bhagavadgītā.
Hindu mantras.
Arjuna (Hindu mythological character).
Om.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit and Marathi (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Short retelling of the Gītā with a focus on the Oṃkāra and other mantras (words or phrases of power); presented as a conversation between the deity Kṛṣṇa and prince Arjuna.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 26v); alternate title Gītāsāramantra from title page (f. 1r); alternate titles Oṃkāragītā and Gītāsāramuktapaddastotra supplied by cataloger.
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
26 leaves foliated 1-26, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: hariḥ oṃ tat sad iti śrīmadbhagavadgītāsupaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkruṣṇārjunasaṃvāde oṃkāramāhatmagitāsāramuktapadastotraṃ // saṃpūrṇamarakta // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 26v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red and gold throughout; vertical margins marked with thick red line. Cover decorated with floral borders in green and red paint (f. 1r).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Nilorudra Prabhugupta (f. 26v). Owner's note written in Marathi in red after the colophon (f. 26v).

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 1848 (UP 2467).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2467.

Contributor:

Nilorudra Prabhugupta, former owner.

OCLC:

968131952