Rāmarakṣāstotra, circa 1700-1850; रामरक्षास्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used primarily for private recitation and ritual directed towards the Hindu deity Rāma. Reciting the mantras of the text is meant to produce a protective barrier over the devotee that will protect him or her from harm, thus functioning as a prayer amulet or talisman.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras; Amulets (Hinduism); Rāma (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers (documents); Hymns (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 18 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrāmarakṣāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // samāptaṃ (f. 9v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant phrases highlighted in red; 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