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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| 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). |
| 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://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0704 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-cb-0704/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 704: Bhagavadgītā and subsidiary texts (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0704). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 03/22/2018 |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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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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