Details

Subjects:

Hindu goddesses.
Shaktism.
Hindu mantras.
Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private recitation or prayer and contains mantras (words or phrases of power) dedicated to various Hindu deities, especially Śaiva Tantric goddesses. Examples include the Śaktimantra; Śaṅkaravallabhāmantra; Vāgvādinīmantra; Bhairavīmantra; Hrīṁkārīmantra; Tripurāmantra; Parāparamayīmantra; Mātāmantra; and the Kumārīmantra. Also contains a mantra to the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and others. These words of power are evoked during rites and ceremonies in order to bring worldly benefits to the reciter. Manuscript is incomplete with no foliation.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
6 leaves.
Incipit: śrīgurugaṇapatiṃ śāradebhyo namaḥ // atha maṃtrapārāyaṇakramo likhyaṃte // atha maṁtrapārāyaṇakramo likhyaṁte // ādau gurupādukā smaret / yathā / om̐ haṁsaḥ // śivaḥ so haṁ aiṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ aiṁ klīṁ sauḥ hskhphreṁ śrīṁ // (f. 1v).
Explicit: sarvair militvā 60000 ṣaṣṭisahasrasaṁkhyākaḥ purṇamaṁḍalo japo bhavati maṁtrapārāyaṇasya // śrī śubham astu // śrīgurudevatārpaṇam astu. śrī. śrī. śrī // (f. 6v)
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 black 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 4520 (UP 574).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 574

OCLC:

855272378