Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Brahmottarakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Other Title:

Śivavarmakathana.

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Amulets (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript for private use, meditation, and ritual forming a protective, symbolic armor for the benefit of a Hindu devotee and for humankind in general, especially for followers of the deity Śiva. The protective armor is laid symbolically on various parts of the body and functions as a kind of amulet keeping away maladies and other ills and brings prosperity. Text is attributed to the legendary sage Ṛṣabha, the narrator.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Śivavarmakathana from colophon (f. 11r).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe brahmottarakhaṃḍe śivavarmakathanaṃ nāmadvādaśodhyāyaḥ śrīviśverārpaṇam astu (f. 11r).
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 marked with double red line.

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 1583 (UP 2411).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2411

OCLC:

809612367