Sudarśanasaṃhitā, circa 1650-1800.
सुदर्शनसंहिता

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu mantras.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 578

Place of Publication:

circa 1650-1800.

१६५०-१८००.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used as an aid for private or public recitation and prayer and contains devotional mantras (words of power) as well as mantras used as part of efficacious spells (mūlamantras) which bring about worldly benefits to the devotee. Sudarśana is another name for the Hindu deity Śiva.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).

Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.

14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // athasudarśana saṃhitāyāṃ / (f. 1r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some numbers and significant syllables highlighted in red; 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 4658 (UP 578).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 578

OCLC:

855285862