Rudrayantra, circa 1700-1850.
रुद्रयन्त्र

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rudra (Hindu deity).

Rudra.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hayagrīva (Hindu deity).

Hindu mantras.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Yantras.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1343

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Rudrayantra, the first section of the manuscript, is a description of a mystic diagram related to Rudra's abode (rudrālaya). Presented as a discourse between the legendary sage Agastya and the Hindu deity Hayagrīva, a horse-headed form of Viṣṇu. Pīṭhadevatā, the second section of the manuscript, is a series of Hindu mantras devoted to and praising various gods, especially to Śiva and his assortment of attendants.

Contents:

Rudrayantra

Pīṭhadevatā.

Notes:

Title for manuscript from margin abbreviations for title of first section, verso (f. 1-6); section title Pīṭhadevatā from colophon (f. 6v).

Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon (Part 1): iti brahmāṃḍapurāṇoktaṃrudrayaṃtraṃ // samāptaṃ // (f. 4r).

Colophon (Part 2): iti pīṭhadevatāḥ // (f. 6v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1205 (UP 1343).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1343

Contains:

Pīṭhadevatā.

OCLC:

790413773