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Rāmarakṣāstotra, circa 1700-1850.
रामरक्षास्तोत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2482
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
- Hindu mantras.
- Amulets (Hinduism).
- Rāma (Hindu deity).
- Rāma.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Genre:
- hymns
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 18 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2482
- 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 barrier that will protect the devotee from harm, thus functioning as a prayer amulet or talisman.
- Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 8 lines per leaf.
- 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in black and red; verse divisions in red throughout; 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 1886 (UP 2482).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2482.
- OCLC:
- 968132668
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