Details

Subjects:

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.
Hindu mantras.
Gāyatrī (Hindu deity).
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a selection of verses from the Rāmāyaṇa following a pattern of ślokas beginning with specific characters related to the Gāyatrī mantra, a Vedic text of praise dedicated to the goddess Gāyatrī.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-3, [i], lower right verso
Colophon: iti śrīnāradavālmīk[ī]saṃvāde gāyatrīrāmāyaṇastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // saṃvat 1900 (f. 3r).
Dated saṃvat 1900 (1843) (f. 3r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1846 (UP 2494).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2494.

OCLC:

968936453