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Gaṇeśahṛdayakavaca, circa 1700-1850. = गणेशहृदयकवच, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 17 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 445
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Standardized Title:
Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.
Subjects:
Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Amulets (Hinduism).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript employed as part of a broader ritual of personal and bodily protection of a devotee of the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. The worshiper places mantras on his or her heart (hṛdaya) which creates a kind of symbolic, protective armor (kavaca) much like an amulet or talisman. Presented as a dialogue between the goddess Pārvatī (Gaurī) and the god Śiva (Śaṅkara).
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti rudrayāmale gaurīsaṃkarasaṃvāde gaṇeśahṛdayakavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // sūbhastu // śrīgajānanaḥ // śrī // (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Penn Provenance:
Sold and previously housed with Item 446.
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 4558 (UP 445).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 445
OCLC:
841602520