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• bibid: 9957237223503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/790413772

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Summary

Rudrayantra, the first section of the manuscript, is a description of a mystic diagram related to Rudra's abode (rudrālaya). Presented as a discourse between the legendary sage Agastya and the Hindu deity Hayagrīva, a horse-headed form of Viṣṇu. Pīṭhadevatā, the second section of the manuscript, is a series of Hindu mantras devoted to and praising various gods, especially to Śiva and his assortment of attendants.

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• Title for manuscript from margin abbreviations for title of first section, verso (f. 1-6); section title Pīṭhadevatā from colophon (f. 6v).
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Colophon (Part 1): iti brahmāṃḍapurāṇoktaṃrudrayaṃtraṃ // samāptaṃ // (f. 4r).
   
• Colophon (Part 2): iti pīṭhadevatāḥ // (f. 6v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Rudra (Hindu deity)
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Hayagrīva (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Yantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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