Kṛṣṇakvaca, 1897; कृष्णक्वच,१८९७

Date:

1897

Description:

Text symbolically evokes protection (in the form of armor and weapons), a kind of amulet, for a devotee who recites the verses during worship of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, especially during difficult journeys. Middle of manuscript (f. 2), verses 5-14, is missing. Opens with a praise to Rāmakṛṣṇa. Ends with a protective blessing from the Bhagavatapurāṇa (11.5.33).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vishnu (Hindu deity); Krishna (Hindu deity); Amulets (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 19 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1, 3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇakavacaṃ saṃpūrṇam // [symbol] // subham astuḥ saṃmat // 1954 [//] dhyeyaṃ sadā paribhavaghnam abhiṣṭadohaṃ // tīrthāspadaṃ śivaviriṃcinutaṃ śaraṇyaṃ // bhṛtyarttiham praṇatapālabhavābdhipotaṃ vaṃde mahāpuruṣate caraṇāravidaṃ // 1 // (f. 3r).; Dated saṃvat 1954 (1897) (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse markers (daṇḍas) 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts