Citrabandhastotra, circa 1700-1850; चित्रबन्धस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Jaina manuscript for private use and recitation employing text, diagrams (yantras), and mantras to form "picture poems" (citrabandha) for use in meditation and prayer, especially in praise of the Jinas or Tīrthankaras.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Gift of Brian Zahn, circa 1999, originally from West India.

Subject:

Yantras; Jainism; Tīrthaṅkaras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-5, [6], lower right verso.; Colophon: iti citrabaṃdhastotra (f. 2v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 15