Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Ākāśābhairavakalpa. Selections.

Subjects:

Tantrism.
Śaivism.
Hindu mantras.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Amulets (Hinduism).

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Devotional work praising the god Śiva in his manifestation as the Śarabha beast (well known in Hindu mythology), as well as a manual containing protective mantras (kavaca) that function as a textual amulet and are employed in rites and prayers.

Notes:

Title from back title page (f. 10v).
Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Watermarks of a coat of arms.

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 4616 (UP 1980).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1980.

OCLC:

954470800