Śivakavacastotra, circa 1700-1850.
शिवकवचस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śaivism.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Amulets (Hinduism).

Hindu mantras.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 440

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for personal consultation and recitation intended to protect symbolically followers and devotees of the Hindu deity Śiva like protective armor (kavaca). The text functions as a kind of amulet. Reciting the mantras and verses of this text will help to ward off disease and bring health and other benefits to the worshiper as well as to all of humanity. Lacks an end.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-8, lower right verso.

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Decorative floral design on front cover in red and black ink (f. 1r). Formerly housed with Item 441.

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 1578 (UP 440).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 440

OCLC:

804676538