Details

Subjects:

Mṛtyuñjaya homa.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Prayers (documents)
Hymns (documents)
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript use for recitation and prayer in rites for purifying oneself from past actions and sin and for winning victory over death; especially associated with Śiva.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmṛtyaṃjayastotraṃ samāptam // (f. 2r).
Mistakes crossed out; corrections and additions in margins.

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 1881 (UP 2599).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2599.

OCLC:

970816560