Mallārikavacastotra, circa 1700-1850.
मल्लारिकवचस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Kṣetrakhaṇḍa. Mallārimāhātma. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Bhairava (Hindu deity).

Bhairava.

Hindu mantras.

Puja (Hinduism).

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India.

Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.

India.

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

hymns

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 19 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2214

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Subsection of the Mallārimāhātma from the Kṣetrakhaṇḍa of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, praising the Hindu deity Śiva, especially in his terrible manifestation of Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava after his defeat of the demon Malla. Śiva takes the name of Mallāri or Enemy of Malla. Various kinds of gifts from Śiva are bestowed on his devotees are described, especially the birth of sons, as well as the prescription of Hindu mantras and other kinds of worship (pūjā) and praises the pilgrimage site associated with the location of the mythological account. Presented as a conversation between the deities Śiva and Pārvatī.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).

Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe kṣetrakhaṃḍe mallārimāhātme mallārikavacastotra saṃpūrṇaṃ śrīmārttaṃḍabhairavārpaṇam astu cha cha (f. 4r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 1202 (UP 2214).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2214

OCLC:

792992327