Details

Other Title:

Śivastotra
Somavāravratapūjāvidhi
Achidravrata

Subjects:

Shaktism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Worship (Hinduism).

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

A tied book containing four texts: Bhagavatīpadmapuṣpāñjali by Rāmakṛṣṇa (pp. 1-12), Śivastotra (pp. 14-15), Somavāravratapūjāvidhi (pp. 19-25), and Achidravrata (pp. 27-28).
Title Bhagavatīpadmapuṣpāñjali from colophon p. 12. Title Śivastotra supplied by ms. label and used by Poleman. Title Somavāravratapūjāvidhi from colophon p. 25. Title Achidravrata supplied by cataloger.
Written 8-10 lines per leaf on country paper.
Fair condition. Orange powder rubbed in over invocations, colophons, numbers, and section headings. Mistakes written over or indicated by short diagonal or vertical strokes.
Cover has drawing in black of a 10-armed goddess, presumably Durgā, with her mount. Picture partially obscured by reddish-brown splotches.
Bhagavatīpadmapuṣpāñjali begins (p. 1): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ om̐ namaḥ caṇḍikāyai namaḥ śambho namaḥ om̐ bhagavatībhagavatpadapaṅkajaṁ bhramarabhūtasurāsurasevitaṁ* sujanamānasahaṁsapariskṛtaṁ kamalayāmalayānibhṛtaṁ bhaje (verse 1).
Colophon to Bhagavatīpadmapuṣpāñjali (p. 12): iti śrīrāma[kṛ]ṣṇaviracitaṁ bhagavatīpadmapuṣpāñjaliḥ sampūrṇaṁ.
Śivastotra begins (p. 14): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ om̐ namaḥ jayadeva jayādeva jayājeya jayaśaṅkaraśāśvata jayasarvasurādhyakṣa jayasarvasurārcitta (verse 1).
Colophon to Śivastotra (p. 16): iti mama vadatodināniyātu* smara hara kiṁ vahajalpakalpanābhiḥ [?] ( verse 15).
A new, unnamed text begins on f. 16, which is left off after two lines (pp. 17-18 blank).
Somavāravratapūjāvidhi begins (pp. 19-25): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha somavāravratapūjāvidhiḥ. tatra kartā [o?]cirācat̄taḥ bhuktāmbaradharaḥ kṛtyakriyaḥ pradoṣasamaye [u?]da[ṅktu?]khopaveśyācamya
Colophon to Somavāravratapūjāvidhi (p. 25): iti somavāravratapūjāvidhiḥ samāptāḥ śubhm.
Achidravrata begins (p. 27): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha a[ch]idraḥ vratānāṁ vratarājendravratānāṁ vratam uttamaṁ vratachidraṁ tapachidraṁ yachidraṁ yajñakarmaṇi (verse 1).
Achidravrata ends (p. 28): śrīviṣọprasādāt vrāhmaṇavacanāt sarvaṁ paripūrṇam astu paripūrṇatāstu. śubhm.

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 1660, 1900, ? (UP 482, 483, 484).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 482, Item 483, Item 484

OCLC:

155924973