Text employed in private meditation and prayer for offering up protection, a kind of amulet, to the devotee to the Hindu goddess Sītā and claims to remove all fear of sin. Presented as a conversation between the mythological figures Dharaṇī and Śeṣa.
Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Jānakīkavaca supplied by cataloger.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe dharaṇīśeṣasaṃvāde śrīsitākavacasaṃpurṇaṃ rāmarāmarāma (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2642
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