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Title

Authors

• Keśavācārya

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972445343503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/963981918
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7244534

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Language

Summary

A work of campū literature (both prose and verse) on the story of Narasiṃha, an avatāra of the deity Viṣṇu, focusing on his devotee Prahlāda, son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 16); alternate title Nr̥siṃhacampū supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 16 leaves foliated 1-15, [16], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hindu mythology
• Narasiṃha (Hindu deity)
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Prahlāda (Hindu mythology)
• Hiraṇyakaśipu

Genres

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

Licenses

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