Navagrahamantra, circa 1700-1850; नवग्रहमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of Vedic and other mantras (words or phrases of power) employed in rites and for recitation to praise and honor the nine planets (navagraha) in the Hindu astrological system and to enlist their power to remove challenges and obstacles from life. Manuscript is unfinished. Ends with the beginning of a work for lauding the moon: athacaṃdrajapaḥ / (f. 3v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mantras; Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Hinduism; Satellites -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 9 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Moon -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Moon

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 2r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated [i], 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts