Śivāpāmārjana, circa 1700-1850.
शिवापामार्जन

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Kedārakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Puja (Hinduism).

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Diseases.

Amulets (Hinduism).

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2266

Other Title:

Śaivāpāmārjana.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript for public or private recitation, reflection, and prayer, devoted to removing of sickness and disease (roga), as well as other perceived evils. Addressed to the Hindu deity Śiva and his worship and praise; it functions as a kind of amulet of protection.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v); alternate title Śaivāpāmārjana from colophon (f. 9v).

Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.

9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kedārakhaṃḍe śivabrahmabhṛguḥ kratur gargaścetakauśikadurvāsaparaṃparāprāptaṃ śaivāpāmārjanasaṃpūrṇaṃm astū śrīsāṃbārpaṇam astu // 7 // śivāpāmārjanastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 9v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 1586 (UP 2266).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2266

OCLC:

801653338