Nṛsiṃhakavaca, circa 1700-1850; नृसिंहकवच,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Ritual text for recitation, employing mantras used in the veneration and worship of the Hindu deity Nṛsiṃha (also called Narasiṃha, the man-lion avatāra of Viṣṇu). Mantras are recited and symbolically placed on different parts of the body and functions as a kind of amulet, giving symbolic protection to the devotee and bringing them prosperity. Presented as a discourse between the legendary sages Nārada and Agasti.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lion -- Mythology; Narasiṃha (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Nārada (Hindu mythology); Amulets (Hinduism); Puja (Hinduism); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras; Weapons, Ancient -- India; Weapons, Ancient; Lion -- Mythology -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe nārad[ā]gastisaṃvāde prahlādaproktaṃ nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīnṛsiṃhārpaṇam astu śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu / śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīyogīśvaraprasanna // aviramadatulanivahaṃsaṃbhramaravilānīkasevitakepo[laṃ] / abhimataphaladātāraṃ kāmeśaṃ gaṇapatiṃ vaṃde // 1 // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // cha // (f. 7v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts