Śarabhakavaca, circa 1700-1850.
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.

Amulets (Hinduism).

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

manuals (instructional materials)

watermarks

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1980

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

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

Notes:

Title from back title page (f. 10v).

Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Watermarks of a coat of arms.

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 4616 (UP 1980).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1980.

OCLC:

954470800