Asyāśapoddhāro, circa 1700-1850; अस्याशपोद्धारो,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Putranihāla Maṇī (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of praises and hymns (stotras), Tantric rites and mantras, descriptions of diagrams (yantras) for use in worship (pūjā), mantras for the removal of curses (śapoddhāra), etc.; primarily dedicated to Hindu goddesses especially the goddess Lakṣmī and Candi to whom the manuscript is dedicated (f. 1v); contents include the Puṭkaraṇapryoga and the Saptaśatiprayoga.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Durgā (Hindu deity); Caṇḍi (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Blessing and cursing; Goddesses, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Hymns; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (17 leaves) : paper; 9 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti sapta[śa]tiprayogasamāptaṃ // (f. 17v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 461, Item 462, and Item 464.; Scribe is likely Putranihāla Maṇī (or Nihāla Maṇī) as text is written in same scribal hand as Item 462.; 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