Details

Subjects:

Forgiveness of sin.
Hinduism.
Lakshmī (Hindu deity).
Hindu goddesses.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer in honor of the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī. Text employed to ask forgiveness for sins among other requests.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Colophon: iti śrīparamahaiṃsaparīvrājīkācāryalakṣmī aṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpurṇa // śrīsadāsivārpaṇam astu // (f. 2r).
Watermark with the date 1880 and word fragments SUPER and ING.

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 1891 (UP 2540).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2540.

OCLC:

968936432