Navagrahamantra, circa 1700-1850; नवग्रहमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of Vedic and other mantras (words or phrases of power) employed in rites and for recitation to praise and honor the nine planets (navagraha) in the Hindu astrological system and to enlist their power to remove challenges and obstacles from life. Lacks beginning.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Planets -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu mantras; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu astrology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper; 12 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 2-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti navagrahamaṃtrasamāptāḥ // (f. 12v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts