Rudrayantra, circa 1700-1850; रुद्रयन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Rudrayantra, the first section of the manuscript, is a description of a mystic diagram related to Rudra's abode (rudrālaya). Presented as a discourse between the legendary sage Agastya and the Hindu deity Hayagrīva, a horse-headed form of Viṣṇu. Pīṭhadevatā, the second section of the manuscript, is a series of Hindu mantras devoted to and praising various gods, especially to Śiva and his assortment of attendants.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rudra (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Hayagrīva (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Yantras; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Table of contents: Rudrayantra -- Pīṭhadevatā.; Title for manuscript from margin abbreviations for title of first section, verso (f. 1-6); section title Pīṭhadevatā from colophon (f. 6v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon (Part 1): iti brahmāṃḍapurāṇoktaṃrudrayaṃtraṃ // samāptaṃ // (f. 4r).; Colophon (Part 2): iti pīṭhadevatāḥ // (f. 6v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1343

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts