Śītalāstotra, 1624; शीतलास्तोत्र,१६२४

Contributor:

Mādhava ( son of Kāṃhāṃnajīt) (scribe)

Date:

1624

Description:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayer, dedicated to praising the goddess of smallpox Śītalā (the cooling one) in order to ward of disease. Contains 12 verses of text. Back of manuscript used for scribal practice, especially the akṣaras (syllables) "da" and "dha."

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu goddesses; Smallpox -- Religious aspects; Diseases -- Religious aspects; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 12 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1r).; Scribe is Mādhava the son of Kāṃhāṃnajīt.; Written in 12 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe śītalāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // samāptam iti // saṃvat 1681 varṣe dvitīyavaitravadi 12 śanaupaṃ - kāṃhāṃnajītsutamādhavena likhi[taM] // bha - ratnaj[īt]paṭhanārtham // mādhavasya kṛṣṇe bhaktir astu // (f. 1r).; Mistakes blacked or crossed out; double black vertical lines mark margins.; Non-Latin script record.; Scribe is Hānajīt Sutamādhava Śana.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts