Details

Other Title:

Annapūrṇamahāmantra.
Japavidhi.

Subjects:

Annapūrṇā (Hindu deity).
Durgā (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.
Tantrism.
Worship (Hinduism).

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Summary:

Steps for the veneration of the Hindu goddess Annapūrṇa (a form of Durgā); contains a series of mantras employed in worship and recitation.

Notes:

Title from line 5 (f. 1r); alternate title Annapūrṇāmahāmantra from lines 6-7 (f. 1r); alternate title Japavidhi from Poleman and from title abbreviation in margin (f. 1v).
Written 12 lines per leaf.
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha japavidhī mūlenācamanaṁ prāṇāyāmaṁ gaṇapatismaraṇaṁ // adyetyādiprayogaḥ //
Colophon: iti mānaso[paca]raiḥ saṁpūjya mūlamantraṁ japet //
Mistakes crossed out in black; a larger folio torn in half to create this manuscript.

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 4464 (UP 2777).
Listed in Kunhan Raja, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 7 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1949), p. 160.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2777

OCLC:

419910068