Jñānāmṛtaśrāvaṇīmantra, circa 1700-1850; ज्ञानामृतश्रावणीमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for personal use in recitation. The first part includes mantras for use during the performance of rites dedicated to the Hindu goddess (such as Jagaddhātrī a form of Dūrgā), the knowledge of which is said to remove confusion. Includes the mantras "glāṃ bījaṃ glīṃ śaktiḥ glūṃ kīlakaṃ." The second part of the manuscript includes a set of mantras employed in celebration of the goddess Sārasvatī.; (Part 1:) Jñānāmṛtaśrāvaṇīmantra -- (Part 2:) Prajñāvardhanastotra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Recitations; Sarasvatī (Hindu deity); Durgā (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu goddesses; Recitations -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 11 x 19 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 1 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf foliated 1, upper left verso.; Colophon: iti skaṃdapu[rā]ṇoktaprajñāvardhanastotraṃ saṃ (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verses indicated with red daṇḍas.; 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