Details

Other Title:

Sarvamantrotkīlanastotra.

Subjects:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hindu mantras.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Amulets (Hinduism).
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Shaktism.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private recitation and ritual in praise of the Great Goddess, referred to in the text by the feminine Tantric principle of Śakti and the goddess Pārvatī, the consort of Śiva. Manuscript includes a series of mantras to be employed for the construction of a protective armor over the devotee, like a kind of textual amulet.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Sarvamantrotkīlanastotra supplied by cataloger.
Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, lower right verso.
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāyenaḥ // sarvamaṃtrotkīlanaprāraṃbhaḥ // (f. 1r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow, white, or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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 4655 (UP 593).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 593

OCLC:

857913381