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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