Śītalāstotra, 1857.
शीतलास्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Sahastrabudhi, former owner.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Diseases.

Hindu goddesses.

Smallpox--Religious aspects.

Smallpox.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sahastrabudhi.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 15 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2227

Place of Publication:

1857.

१८५७.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayers dedicated to the worship (pūjā) of the Hindu goddess of smallpox and diseases Śītalā, who is described as riding atop a donkey. Text relates a mythic encounter between the goddess and the deity Śiva and his praise (stotra) of her. Narrated by the deity Skanda.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).

Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left verso.

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vasīṣṭaprārtikasaṃvāde śītalāstotraṃ saṃpurṇaṃ śubhaṃ vatu // mīvaiśākhaśukla 15 śake 1779 saṃvat 1914 śuklanāma idaṃ pustakaṃ sahastrabudhyupanāmakasya (f. 3v).

Dated vaiśākhaśukla 15 śaka 1779 and saṃvat 1914 (Saturday, 9 May 1857) (f. 3v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1591 (UP 2227).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2227

OCLC:

810266390