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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954527213503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781298065
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5452721

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Summary

Celebration (māhātmya) and praise (stotra) of the South Indian, Hindu deity Veṅkaṭa, a form of the deity Viṣṇu, using an alternate form of his name Vyaṅkaṭa; as well as a praise of the goddess Lakṣmī, the consort of Viṣṇu. Contains a collection of mantras focused on the meditation of Vyaṅkaṭa. Presented as a discourse between the legendary sages Vasiṣṭha and Nārada.

Notes

• Title from title colophon (f. 25r).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 25 leaves foliated 1-25, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Sri Venkatesvara (Hindu deity)
• Lakshmi (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras

Genres

• Prayers
• Poems
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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