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Mantrapārāyaṇakrama, circa 1600-1750.
मन्त्रपारायणक्रम
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 574
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu goddesses.
- Shaktism.
- Hindu mantras.
- Śaivism.
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- hymns
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 574
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1600-1750.
- १६००-१७५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for private recitation or prayer and contains mantras (words or phrases of power) dedicated to various Hindu deities, especially Śaiva Tantric goddesses. Examples include the Śaktimantra; Śaṅkaravallabhāmantra; Vāgvādinīmantra; Bhairavīmantra; Hrīṁkārīmantra; Tripurāmantra; Parāparamayīmantra; Mātāmantra; and the Kumārīmantra. Also contains a mantra to the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and others. These words of power are evoked during rites and ceremonies in order to bring worldly benefits to the reciter. Manuscript is incomplete with no foliation.
- Notes:
- Title from incipit (f. 1v).
- Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
- 6 leaves.
- Incipit: śrīgurugaṇapatiṃ śāradebhyo namaḥ // atha maṃtrapārāyaṇakramo likhyaṃte // atha maṁtrapārāyaṇakramo likhyaṁte // ādau gurupādukā smaret / yathā / om̐ haṁsaḥ // śivaḥ so haṁ aiṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ aiṁ klīṁ sauḥ hskhphreṁ śrīṁ // (f. 1v).
- Explicit: sarvair militvā 60000 ṣaṣṭisahasrasaṁkhyākaḥ purṇamaṁḍalo japo bhavati maṁtrapārāyaṇasya // śrī śubham astu // śrīgurudevatārpaṇam astu. śrī. śrī. śrī // (f. 6v)
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
- 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 4520 (UP 574).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 574
- OCLC:
- 855272378
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