Rāmarakṣāstotra, circa 1700-1850.
रामरक्षास्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu mantras.

Amulets (Hinduism).

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 18 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2346

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used primarily for private recitation and ritual directed towards the Hindu deity Rāma. Reciting the mantras of the text is meant to produce a protective barrier over the devotee that will protect him or her from harm, thus functioning as a prayer amulet or talisman.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v).

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

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

Colophon: iti śrīrāmarakṣāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // samāptaṃ (f. 9v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red 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 1885 (UP 2346).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2346.

OCLC:

961831979