Details

Subjects:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu mantras.
Amulets (Hinduism).
Rāma (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Prayers (documents)
Hymns (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used primarily for private recitation and ritual directed towards the Hindu deity Rāma. Reciting the mantras of the text is meant to produce a protective barrier over the devotee that will protect him or her from harm, thus functioning as a prayer amulet or talisman.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīrāmarakṣāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // samāptaṃ (f. 9v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red; 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 1885 (UP 2346).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2346.

OCLC:

961831979