University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 433

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7173

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 433

Title:

Vande devam viṣṇum śeṣasthiti hetuṃ

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 12 x 19 cm

Note:

Non-Latin script record.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Nārāyaṇakavaca supplied by Poleman, but there appears to be no evidence of a connection to the figure of Nārāyaṇa, though text may have functioned as a kind of amulet or protective prayer (kavaca) as there is some reference to various weapons and their knowledge, and battle.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

prayers (literary works)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Amulets (Hinduism)

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Rāma (Hindu deity)

Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9954528163503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3rx93d3m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania