Nṛsiṃhakavaca, circa 1700-1850.
नृसिंहकवच

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Lion--Mythology.

India.

Narasiṃha (Hindu deity).

Narasiṃha.

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Nārada (Hindu mythology).

Amulets (Hinduism).

Puja (Hinduism).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Hindu mantras.

Weapons, Ancient--India.

Weapons, Ancient.

Lion--Mythology--India.

Lion.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2803

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Ritual text for recitation, employing mantras used in the veneration and worship of the Hindu deity Nṛsiṃha (also called Narasiṃha, the man-lion avatāra of Viṣṇu). Mantras are recited and symbolically placed on different parts of the body and functions as a kind of amulet, giving symbolic protection to the devotee and bringing them prosperity. Presented as a discourse between the legendary sages Nārada and Agasti.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe nārad[ā]gastisaṃvāde prahlādaproktaṃ nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīnṛsiṃhārpaṇam astu śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu / śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīyogīśvaraprasanna // aviramadatulanivahaṃsaṃbhramaravilānīkasevitakepo[laṃ] / abhimataphaladātāraṃ kāmeśaṃ gaṇapatiṃ vaṃde // 1 // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // cha // (f. 7v).

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 1195 (UP 2803).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2803

OCLC:

796040285