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Mṛtyuñjayavidhāna, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:
Manual including rules and laws for rites and ceremonies, especially the recitation of mantras, with the purpose of avoiding untimely death and other calamities that might befall someone in life. Lord Tryaṃbaka, three-eyed Śiva, is the main deity mentioned in the text. Brief text at the end of manuscript on making hand signs (mudra).
Timespan:
India.
Date:
1700
Identifier:
9964092433503681; (OCoLC)ocn910182809; (OCoLC)910182809; (PU)6409243-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Hindu mantras.; Gesture.; Gesture -- India.; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.; Hinduism -- Rituals.; Hindu law.; Rites and ceremonies -- India.; Rites and ceremonies.; Texts.; Manuscripts.; Treatises.; Watermarks.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Manuals (instructional materials)
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm
Personal Name:
Siva
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Colophon: iti ṣaṇmudrāpradarśayet // (f. 16r).; Watermarks of a coat of arms with a crown.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Title from end title page (f. 16v); title of second work Mudrālakṣaṇa from final colophon (f. 16r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 390
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts.