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Hanumatkavacastotra, 1779. = हनुमत्कवचस्तोत्र, १७७९.

Publication:
1779.
१७७९.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 464
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.
Other Title:
Hanumanmālāmantra.
Subjects:
Hanumān (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu mantras.
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Hymn dedicated to the Hindu deity and monkey lord Hanuman taken from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa; title refers to the "breastplate" or "armor" (kavaca) of Hanuman, which can be evoked symbolically through the recitation of this set of prayers and mantras.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 7v); alternate title Hanumanmālāmantra from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated [1-6], 7, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe hanumatkavacastotraṃ samāptaṃ // saṃvat 1[8]36 varṣemāsānāṃmasotame āsojamāse tuneśukle pakṣe tithau dhavudhavāsare // idaṃ pustakaṃ li[kh]itaṃ [??]hiḍonamadhye mayārāmavidyārthīharīdāsavaiṣṇavake [/] śrīrāmakṛṣṇarāmakṛṣṇarāmakṛṣṇarāmaṃ hanumānjīsahāya (f. 7v).
Dated saṃvat 1836 (1779) (f. 7v); the number 8 was written in later and is not totally clear.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Opening folio (f. 1) is glued to a white paper backing.
May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 461, Item 462, and Item 463.
Non-Latin script record.
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 1213 (UP 464).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 464
OCLC:
774532466