Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2036: Śrīsūkta University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2036: Śrīsūkta are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 4v). Written in 7-9 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; metrical accents in red throughout for recitation. Scribe is Viṣṇuśāstri Sahasrabuddha, son of Vināyaka Sahasrabuddha (f. 4v). Watermarks of a coat of arms with a partial name including the letters M, O, and possibly C or G. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2036 9970784073503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/956708680 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7078407 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. In Sanskrit Śrīsūkta श्रीसूक्त scribe Sahasrabuddha, Viṣṇuśāstri Colophon: it[i] zrī śrīsūkta saṃpūrṇam astu // (f. 4v).

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 1 item (4 leaves) : 11 x 15 cm Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hindu hymns, Sanskrit Lakshmi (Hindu deity) Prayers Hymns (documents) Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century