Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Apamṛtyuharastotra, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm.

Small manuscript employed in private or public recitation and prayer to ward off sudden or accidental death or illness; it functions as kind of an amulet. Possibly taken from the Mārkaṇḍeya purāṇa.

Title from colophon (f. 1v).

Written in 10 lines per leaf.

1 leaf.

Colophon: iti mārkaṃḍeyaviracitam apamṛtyuharastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrī // (f. 1v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Formerly housed with 2273.

Non-Latin script record.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3039

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 3039

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

अपमृत्युहरस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.