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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2803 Nṛsiṃhakavaca / नृसिंहकवच

Title

Nṛsiṃhakavaca
नृसिंहकवच

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2803
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9957784033503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796041957
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5778403

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Ritual text for recitation, employing mantras used in the veneration and worship of the Hindu deity Nṛsiṃha (also called Narasiṃha, the man-lion avatāra of Viṣṇu). Mantras are recited and symbolically placed on different parts of the body and functions as a kind of amulet, giving symbolic protection to the devotee and bringing them prosperity. Presented as a discourse between the legendary sages Nārada and Agasti.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 7v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (7 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe nārad[ā]gastisaṃvāde prahlādaproktaṃ nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīnṛsiṃhārpaṇam astu śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu / śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīyogīśvaraprasanna // aviramadatulanivahaṃsaṃbhramaravilānīkasevitakepo[laṃ] / abhimataphaladātāraṃ kāmeśaṃ gaṇapatiṃ vaṃde // 1 // śrīrāmacaṃdrārpaṇamastu // cha // (f. 7v).

Subjects topical

Narasiṃha (Hindu deity)
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Nārada (Hindu mythology)
Amulets (Hinduism)
Puja (Hinduism)
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu mantras
Weapons, Ancient--India
Lion--Mythology--India

Genres

Prayers
Dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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URL

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