Sarvamantrotkīlana, circa 1700-1850; सर्वमन्त्रोत्कीलन,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private recitation and ritual in praise of the Great Goddess, referred to in the text by the feminine Tantric principle of Śakti and the goddess Pārvatī, the consort of Śiva. Manuscript includes a series of mantras to be employed for the construction of a protective armor over the devotee, like a kind of textual amulet.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Amulets (Hinduism); Parvati (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Shaktism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 15 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Sarvamantrotkīlanastotra supplied by cataloger.; Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, lower right verso.; Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāyenaḥ // sarvamaṃtrotkīlanaprāraṃbhaḥ // (f. 1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow, white, or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts