Śītalāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850. = शीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 10 x 25 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 406
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p30v44 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.
- Subjects:
- Hindu goddesses.
Śītalā (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Smallpox -- Religious aspects.
Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. - Form/Genre:
- Hymns.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the Hindu goddess Śītalā, the matron-deity presiding over smallpox. Reciting the text offers relief for fever, sick children, and other kinds of afflictions.
- Notes:
- Scribe is Moreśvara Sāṭhe (f. 1v).
Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
1 leaf foliated 1, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe śītalāṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrīśītalādevyainamana idaṃ pustakaṃ moreśvarasāṭhe ity upanāmakena // (f. 1v).
Mistakes blacked out; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout.
Non-Latin script record. - 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 1590 (UP 406).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 406
- Contributor:
- Sāṭhe, Moreśvara, scribe.
- OCLC:
- 807974935