Details

Subjects:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hindu goddesses.
Smallpox -- Religious aspects.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayers dedicated to the worship (pūjā) of the Hindu goddess of smallpox and diseases Śītalā, who is described as riding atop a donkey. Text relates a mythic encounter between the goddess and the deity Śiva and his praise (stotra) of her. Narrated by the deity Skanda.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vasīṣṭaprārtikasaṃvāde śītalāstotraṃ saṃpurṇaṃ śubhaṃ vatu // mīvaiśākhaśukla 15 śake 1779 saṃvat 1914 śuklanāma idaṃ pustakaṃ sahastrabudhyupanāmakasya (f. 3v).
Dated vaiśākhaśukla 15 śaka 1779 and saṃvat 1914 (Saturday, 9 May 1857) (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sahastrabudhi.

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 1591 (UP 2227).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2227

Contributor:

Sahastrabudhi, former owner.

OCLC:

810266390