Mṛtyuñjayavidhāna, 1737; मृत्युञ्जयविधान, १७३७

Date:

1737

Description:

Manuscript is used as an aid for private or public recitation and prayer and contains mantras dedicated to different manifestations of the Hindu god Śiva, especially Tryaṁbaka (the three-eyed one); many mantras are drawn from Vedic sources.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left verso and upper left recto.; Colophon: iti mṛtyuṃjayavidhānaṃ pūrttim agamat // śake 1659 bhādravadi 9 some likhitaṃ śubhaṃ // rāmaḥ // (f. 2v).; Dated śake 1659 bhādravadi 9 (Wednesday, September 18, 1737) (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with single black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 576

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts