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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 437 - Kālikāsahasranāmastotra
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| Title: |
Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.
Kālikāsahasranāmastotra, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 18 cm.
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| Summary: |
Manuscript is used for private or public recitation and prayer and is in praise and worship of the fierce Tantric goddess
Kāli. Contains a narrative by the deity Śiva about the goddess. Front folio has a rough diagram of a yantra (mystical diagram)
consisting of an eight-petaled lotus flower with two intersecting triangles in its center (f. 1r), possibly related to the
goddess Kāli, with a second diagram of an eight-pointed star within a circle on the verso (f. 1v).
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| Notes: |
Title from colophon (f. 15r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-7, 9-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale kālikāsahasranāmar stautraṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 15r).
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 drawn with double lines in black or red ink and some having cross
hatching within.
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 437
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 437
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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: |
कालिकासहस्रनामस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.
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