Mṛtyuñjayajapavidhāṇa, circa 1700-1850; मृत्युञ्जयजपविधाण,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript contains a collection of mantras employed, especially for recitation, in rites for purifying oneself from past actions (karma) and overcoming ultimate death; especially associated with Śiva. Manuscript was originally part of a larger collection of ritual texts.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Siva (Hindu deity); Mṛtyuñjaya homa; Hindu mantras; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 21 x 10 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti mṛtyuṃjayajapavidhānaṃsamāptaṃ (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some additions and corrections in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts