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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 406 - Śītalāṣṭakastotra
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| Title: |
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.
Śītalāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 10 x 25 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
Manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the Hindu goddess Śītalā, the matron-deity presiding
over smallpox. Reciting the text offers relief for fever, sick children, and other kinds of afflictions.
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| Related names: |
Sāṭhe, Moreśvara, scribe.
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| Subject: |
Hindu goddesses.
Śītalā (Hindu deity)
Vratas.
Rites and ceremonies - India.
Smallpox - Religious aspects.
Diseases - Religious aspects - Hinduism.
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| Form / Genre: |
Hymns.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
Scribe is Moreśvara Sāṭhe (f. 1v).
Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
1 leaf foliated 1, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe śītalāṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrīśītalādevyainamana idaṃ pustakaṃ
moreśvarasāṭhe ity upanāmakena // (f. 1v).
Mistakes blacked out; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout.
Non-Latin script record.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 1590 (UP 406).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 406
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 406
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
शीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.
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