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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957792853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796288667
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5779285

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Summary

Collection of hymns, mantras, and praises to the Sun god (Āditya also called Sūrya) used for private or public recitation, meditation, and prayer. presented as a conversation between the legendary prince Arjuna and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. Opening mantra of praise is dedicated to the Vedic god Mirtra rather than to the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

Notes

• Title from title colophon (f. 18r).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 18 leaves foliated 1-17, [18], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Sun worship
• Sūrya (Hindu deity)
• Mitra (Hindu deity)
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Arjuna (Hindu mythology)
• Krishna (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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