Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2037 Śrīsūkta / श्रीसूक्त
Title
Śrīsūktaश्रीसूक्त
Other related names
- Bhāskara, scribe
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2037(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9970784093503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/956709122
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7078409
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Hymn praising Lakṣmī (known as Śrī), the goddess of wealth. Part of a group of texts appended to the Ṛgveda known as the khila (filling in gaps and considered apocryphal), not found in the original text but thought to be very early.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 4v).
- Dated śaka 1739 (1817) (f. 4v).
- Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
- 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in black and red; metrical accents in red throughout for recitation; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Scribe is Bhāskara (f. 4v).
Extent
1 item (4 leaves) : 11 x 16 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: śrīsūkta saṃpātaḥ // (f. 4v).Subjects topical
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
- Lakshmi (Hindu deity)
Genres
- Prayers (documents)
- Hymns (documents)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
Licenses
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