Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Hanumadāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm.

Short devotional text in praise (stotra) and worship (pūjā) of the monkey god Hanuman; used in public or private meditation and prayer. Employs mantras with repetitive syllables such as "taṃ taṃ taṃ," "daṃ daṃ daṃ," and "ruṃ ruṃ ruṃ" throughout.

Manuscript on paper with a watermark of a decorative palanquin with a figure inside on top of an elephant and an elephant rider; also includes a decorative watermark with indistinguishable, partial words.

Title from colophon (f. 3v).

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīhanumadāṣṭakastotraṃ sampūrṇam // cha śrīrāma // (f. 3v).

Double purple vertical lines mark margins; purple horizontal lines drawn for each line of text.

Formerly housed with Item 413, Item 415, Item 416, and Item 417.

Non-Latin script record.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 414

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 414

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

हनुमदाष्टकस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.