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Title

Bhagavadgītā
भगवद्गीता

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2200
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972099583503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/960907505
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7209958

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Complete version of this Hindu epic, focusing on the relationship and discourse of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. Manuscript is small, pocket-sized text meant for personal use, recitation, prayer and meditation.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 5 lines per leaf.
   
• 165 leaves foliated 1-165, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1727 (1805) (f. 165v).
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (165 leaves) : 11 x 16 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Arjuna (Hindu mythology)
• Epic literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu mythology

Genres

• Prayers (documents)
• Epic poems
• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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