Bāvaṁnākṣarī, [1750-1850]

Date:

1750

Description:

Text in poor Sanskrit enumerating in 51 verses the mantric powers of the Sanskrit alphabet.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Alphabet -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Tantrism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon. The manuscript's original acquisition label renders the title in Sanskrit as Vāmanākṣarī, under which title Poleman catalogs the ms.; Written 9-11 lines per leaf.; Good condition. Mistakes covered over with yellow or written over.; Begins (f. 1r): śrīkāre jaya kāryāṇīvidyām aiśvaryaṁ eva ca ārogyaṁ kṣemamāmotī labhate nātra saṁśaya (verse 1). akāre śokasaṁtāpaṁ vyavādaṁ saṁgam eva ca avyāhasakalāścaiva arkalābhaśca eva ca (verse 2).; Ends: jakāre yaśalābhaṁ ca dhaṁna prāmotīmānasāṁ [-]labhate tānna sandeho dhanam aiśvaryam eva ca (verse 51).; Colophon (f. 4v): ītī śrībāvaṁnākṣarī.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 486

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts