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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 576 - Mṛtyuñjayavidhāna
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| Title: |
Mṛtyuñjayavidhāna, 1737.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Summary: |
Manuscript is used as an aid for private or public recitation and prayer and contains mantras dedicated to different manifestations
of the Hindu god Śiva, especially Tryaṁbaka (the three-eyed one); many mantras are drawn from Vedic sources.
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| Subject: |
Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity)
Hindu mantras.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
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| Form / Genre: |
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left verso and upper left recto.
Colophon: iti mṛtyuṃjayavidhānaṃ pūrttim agamat // śake 1659 bhādravadi 9 some likhitaṃ śubhaṃ // rāmaḥ // (f.
2v).
Dated śake 1659 bhādravadi 9 (Wednesday, September 18, 1737) (f. 2r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables and phrases highlighted in red;
vertical margins marked with single black line.
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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 4538 (UP 576).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 576
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 576
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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: |
मृत्युञ्जयविधान, १७३७.
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