Mahāsarasvatīdhāraṇāstotra, circa 1700-1850; महासरस्वतीधारणास्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript for private or public recitation and prayer employed for improving concentration and memory. First part is dedicated to venerating the Hindu goddess Sarasvati, a personification of the heavenly river of the same name, through the employment of mantras. Part two gives a short version of the other part, repeating some of the former text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sarasvatī (Hindu deity); Hindu goddesses; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmahāsarasvatīdhāraṇāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīśāradārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // śrīkāśīviśveśvaraprasannā (f. 3r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. May have been written in two hands; a couple of lines of Grantha sript are written on the final folio (f. 3v).; Formerly housed with Ms. Coll. 390: Items 453, 455, 456, and 457.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 454

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts