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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Cologny
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Bodmer 704
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Bhagavadgītā and subsidiary texts
Caption:
Caption
Paper · IV + 165 + IX ff. · 7.5 x 12.5 cm · first half of the 18th century
Language:
Language
Sanskrit
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This manuscript comprises a collection of four different texts. The main text is the Bhagavadgītā ("Song of the Lord"), a part of the Mahābhārata epic, book 6, which consists of 18 chapters, written here in Devanāgarī in a Kashmiri-influenced style (f. 1v-165r). It is one of the most copied texts in the Hindu tradition and survives in a huge number of manuscripts. Painted portraits of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna alternate in opening its 18 chapters. The Bhagavadgītā is preceded by the Prayāgatīrthasnānasaṃkalpa, apadoddhāraṇastotra (V2r-V4v),"a promise to take bath at Prayāga (Allahabad)", and followed by the Pañcavaktrahanumatkavaca (N1v-N7v), a protective mantra of Hanuman, and finally the Stavarāja (N8r-N8v), a "king of praises", serving also as a sort of colophon to the whole collection of these miscellaneous texts. These three subsidiary texts are all written in common Devanāgarī script. A partly readable note dated 29 August 1781 identifies the manuscript as a “prayer book of a bramin [i.e. brahmin]” given to the unidentified possessor of the manuscript “on his departure from India” (V1r). (ser)
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0704 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0704)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0704
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IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 704: Bhagavadgītā and subsidiary texts (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0704).
Online Since:
Online Since
03/22/2018
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
18th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Text Block
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