Ms. Coll. 390 Item 406 Śītalāṣṭakastotra / शीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र
Title
Śītalāṣṭakastotraशीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र
Other related names
- Sāṭhe, Moreśvara, scribe
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 406(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9958140453503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/807973835
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5814045
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the Hindu goddess Śītalā, the matron-deity presiding over smallpox. Reciting the text offers relief for fever, sick children, and other kinds of afflictions.
Notes
- Scribe is Moreśvara Sāṭhe (f. 1v).
- Title from colophon (f. 1v).
- Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
- 1 leaf foliated 1, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; verse numbers highlighted in red throughout.
- Non-Latin script record.
Extent
1 item (1 leaf) : 10 x 25 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe śītalāṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrīśītalādevyainamana idaṃ pustakaṃ moreśvarasāṭhe ity upanāmakena // (f. 1v).Subjects topical
- Hindu goddesses
- Śītalā (Hindu deity)
- Vratas
- Rites and ceremonies--India
- Smallpox--Religious aspects
- Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Genres
- Hymns
- Prayers
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
Licenses
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