Rāmarakṣāstotra, 1905; रामरक्षास्तोत्र, १९०५

Name:

Budhakauśika

Date:

1905

Description:

Manuscript is used primarily for private recitation and ritual directed towards the Hindu deity Rāma. Reciting the text is meant to produce a protective barrier over the devotee that will protect him or her from harm, thus functioning as a kind of prayer amulet or talisman.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Amulets; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Amulets -- India; Amulets (Hinduism); Rāma (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 12 x 18 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībudhakauśikaviracitaṃ śrīrāmarakṣāstotraṃ sampūrṇam // (f. 8r).; Dated saṃ[vat] 1962 (1905) (f. 8r).; 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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2213

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts