Rāmagāyatrī, circa 1700-1850; रामगायत्री,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private recitation or prayer and contains a series of mantras and hymns, especially the Gāyatrī mantra (originally a Vedic hymn), in praise of the Hindu deity Rāma identified in the text as the son of Daśaratha. Also identifies the Vedic goddess Gāyatrī with the Tantric, feminine power known as Śakti.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Gāyatrī (Hindu deity); Shaktism; Tantrism; Hindu mantras; Rāma (Hindu deity); Daśaratha; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, middle left and middle right verso.; Colophon: iti rāmagāyatrīṃ sandhyāyāṃ yathā śaktijapet // (f. 2r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 591

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts