Rāmarakṣāmantra, circa 1700-1850; रामरक्षामन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Viśvāmitra (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Short devotional text of praise containing mantras (words and phrases of power) for the celebration and worship of the Hindu deity Rāma; used in public or private meditation and prayer.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rāma (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 13 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, middle left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīviśvāmitraviraṃcitaṃ rāmarakṣāmaṃtrasaṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 4v).; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases and verse divisions in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2606

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts