Navagrahajāpa, 1800; नवग्रहजाप, १८००

Date:

1800

Description:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayer dedicated to the praise of the nine "planets" (includes five planets and various astral bodies, such as the sun and moon). Text includes verses taken from the Ṛgveda.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Hindu cosmology; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 9 x 13 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r); alternate title Navagrahastotra from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti navagrahajapasamāptaṃ // śake 1722 raudranāmasaṃvatsare aśvinavadya 1 caturthapraharīṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 4r).; Dated śaka 1722 aśvinavadya 1 (Saturday, 4 October 1800) (f. 4r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; accents highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Formerly housed with Ms. Coll. 390: Items 453, 454, 455, and 456.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 457

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts