Śarabhakavacastotra, 1824.
शरभकवचस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Ākāśābhairavakalpa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Tantrism.

Śaivism.

Hindu mantras.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 19 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1972

Other Title:

Śarabhadigbandhana

Place of Publication:

1824.

१८२४.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Devotional work praising the god Śiva in his manifestation as the Śarabha beast (well known in Hindu mythology), containing protective mantras (kavaca) employed in rites and prayers.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Śarabhadigbandhana from colophon (f. 4r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śarabhadigbaṃdhanasamāptaḥ // (f. 4r).

Dated saṃvat 1881 and śaka 1746 (1824).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Watermarks with the name J. Rump.

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 4617 (UP 1972).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1972.

OCLC:

952048780