Śītalāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850; शीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Sāṭhe, Moreśvara (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu goddesses; Śītalā (Hindu deity); Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Smallpox -- Religious aspects; Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Hymns; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 10 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 406

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts