Ms. Coll. 390 Item 385 Dvādaśastotra / द्वादशस्तोत्र
Title
Dvādaśastotraद्वादशस्तोत्र
Authors
- Madhva, active 13th century
Other related names
- Balirāmamula (Son of Rudraṃ Bhaṭa), scribe
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 385(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9959356223503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/837684546
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5935622
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manuscript is employed for study or recitation and contains references to and praise of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa as well as other avatāras or manifestations of the god Viṣṇu and discusses their various exploits, such as the defeat of demons. Reciting the hymns (stotras) is said to remove one's accumulated sins. Manuscript is divided into twelve different short hymns dedicated to different forms of Viṣṇu.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 17v-18r).
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out.
- Some folios are on blue, European stock of paper with an undetermined watermark.
- Scribe is Balirāmamula son of Rudraṃ Bhaṭa (f. 18r).
Extent
1 item (18 leaves) : 9 x 18 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti śrīmadānaṃdatīrthabhagavatyādācāryaviracite [//] śrīma[d]dvādaśastotre dvādaśodhyāyaḥ // 12 // idaṃ pustakaṃ rudraṃ bhaṭasūtena balirāmamulena likhItaṃ svārthaṃ paropakārārthaṃ // tat sat kṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 18r).Subjects topical
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- Vishnu (Hindu deity)
- Avatars (Religion)
- Forgiveness of sin--Hinduism
- Hindu mythology
- Demonology--India
Genres
- Poems
- Prayers (documents)
- Hymns (documents)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
Licenses
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