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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2185 Rāmāṣṭottaraśatanāma / रामाष्टोत्तरशतनाम

Title

Rāmāṣṭottaraśatanāma
रामाष्टोत्तरशतनाम

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2185
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9957243943503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/790610545

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Devotional text attributed to the Padmapurāṇa, praising 108 names of the Hindu deity Rāma. Outlines the various heroic deeds of Rāma, especially the slaying of Hindu demons such as Rāvaṇa. Presented as a discourse between the legendary figures Nārada and Bhīṣma.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated śaka 1770 (1858) (f. 2v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (2 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe nāradabhīṣmasaṃvāde śrī rāmāṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmasaṃpūrṇam astu // śrī sītārāmaca[ṃ]drārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // idaṃ śake 1770 siddhārthīnāmasavatsare dakṣiṇāyane grīṣma ṛtaujyeṣṭhasitapakṣe saptamyāṃ guruvāsare sārdhayāmenhi likhitaṃ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ // ca // rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacaṃdrāya vedhaseraghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ // (f. 2v).

Subjects topical

Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Rāma (Hindu deity)
Sītā (Hindu deity)
Nārada (Hindu mythology)
Bhīṣma (Hindu mythology)
Monsters--India
Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythology)
Hindu mythology

Genres

Poems
Prayers
Dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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