Śītalāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850; शीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayer, dedicated to praising the goddess of smallpox Śītalā (the cooling one). Contains 16 verses of text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdanapanta Bhatu Gāḍagila (f. 2v); possibly the same as Janārdana Koṇḍadeva Gāḍagila, former owner of more than 20 other manuscripts in Ms. Coll. 390, University of Pennsylvania.; Gāḍagila, Janārdanapanta Bhatu, former owner.

Subject:

Hindu goddesses; Smallpox -- Religious aspects; Diseases -- Religious aspects; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 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.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe skaṃdeśvarasaṃvāde śītalāṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // janārdanapaṃtabhatugāḍagilasyedaṃ pustakaṃ (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked or crossed out; paper treat with yellow pigment.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2460

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts