1700–1850

Hanumatsahasranāma

ms_coll_390item_2573 · University of Pennsylvania

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Devotional Literature for Hindu deity Hanumān Hindu legends from epic Rāmāyaṇa.
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_2573
Language Sanskrit
Date 1700–1850

About this Manuscript

The manuscript contains the Hanumatsahasranāma which is a stotra containing thousand names of the deity Hanumān as the title suggests. It is based on the epic Rāmāyaṇa. The text is composed as a conversation between Sage Vālmīki, Hanumān and King Rāma on the greatness of Hanumatsahasranāma. The stotra starts on folio 3a. Title is taken from the colophon (f. 17a–17b). The manuscript is written in 8 lines per leaf. 17 leaves are foliated 1–17, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Hanumatsahasranāma
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_2573
Collection Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Devotional Literature for Hindu deity Hanumān, Hindu legends from epic Rāmāyaṇa.
Date 1700–1850
Place of Origin United States of America
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Devotional Literature for Hindu deity Hanumān Hindu legends from epic Rāmāyaṇa.