University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 486

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6843

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 486

Title:

Bāvaṁnākṣarī

Date:

1750-1850].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 17 cm

Note:

Ends: jakāre yaśalābhaṁ ca dhaṁna prāmotīmānasāṁ [-]labhate tānna sandeho dhanam aiśvaryam eva ca (verse 51).
Title from colophon. The manuscript's original acquisition label renders the title in Sanskrit as Vāmanākṣarī, under which title Poleman catalogs the ms.
Written 9-11 lines per leaf.
Good condition. Mistakes covered over with yellow or written over.
Begins (f. 1r): śrīkāre jaya kāryāṇīvidyām aiśvaryaṁ eva ca ārogyaṁ kṣemamāmotī labhate nātra saṁśaya (verse 1). akāre śokasaṁtāpaṁ vyavādaṁ saṁgam eva ca avyāhasakalāścaiva arkalābhaśca eva ca (verse 2).
Colophon (f. 4v): ītī śrībāvaṁnākṣarī.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Alphabet--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Tantrism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9934319763503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3z60c47g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania