Details

Standardized Title:

Bhajagovinda

Subjects:

Krishna (Hindu deity).
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Krishna (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit -- Early works to 1800.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit -- Early works to 1800.
Puja (Hinduism) -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.

Summary:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer for worship of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
Dated śaka 1684 (1762) (f. 2v).
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryakṛtaṃ dvādaśapaṃjarikāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrī // śake 1684 // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with triple 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 1790 (UP 2513).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2513.

OCLC:

968932947