Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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• bibid: 9951891593503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/760288677

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Summary

Stylized lotus diagram (yantra) for prosperity and used in ritual and prayer; likely to the Hindu god Gaṇeśa typically associated with the mantra Oṃ gaṃ found at its center; mantras dedicated to related deities such as Umā and Maheśa as well as mantras to Vedic deities such as Indra and Soma are placed throughout the diagram; contains an entire Sanskrit syllabary circling the lotus flower.

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• Title from center of diagram.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out.
   
• Written on European paper with watermark (Russo?).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Subjects topical

• Yantras
• Hindu mantras
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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