Maṅgalaprokta, circa 1700-1850; मङ्गलप्रोक्त,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript for use during Śaiva initiation (dīkṣitạ̄) rites of transformation (maṅgala) and worship (pūjā), containing a series of Sanskrit mantras for recitation.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Manuscript was purchased and housed together with Item 443.

Subject:

Initiation rites -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Tantrism; Śaivism; Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 10 x 13 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v); alternate title Maṅgalastotra (1r).; Written in 15 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf foliated.; Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale maṃgalaproktaṃ maṃgalapoktaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // yādṛśaṃ pustakaṃ dṛṣtvā tadṛśaṃ likhi[taṃ] mayā // yadi ṣudham aṣudhaṃ vā mama doṣo na dīyate 1 // (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; text written to the edge of the paper.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts