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• bibid: 9959925973503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/855272377
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5992597

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Manuscript used for private recitation or prayer and contains mantras (words or phrases of power) dedicated to various Hindu deities, especially Śaiva Tantric goddesses. Examples include the Śaktimantra; Śaṅkaravallabhāmantra; Vāgvādinīmantra; Bhairavīmantra; Hrīṁkārīmantra; Tripurāmantra; Parāparamayīmantra; Mātāmantra; and the Kumārīmantra. Also contains a mantra to the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and others. These words of power are evoked during rites and ceremonies in order to bring worldly benefits to the reciter. Manuscript is incomplete with no foliation.

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• Title from incipit (f. 1v).
   
• Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves.
   
• Incipit: śrīgurugaṇapatiṃ śāradebhyo namaḥ // atha maṃtrapārāyaṇakramo likhyaṃte // atha maṁtrapārāyaṇakramo likhyaṁte // ādau gurupādukā smaret / yathā / om̐ haṁsaḥ // śivaḥ so haṁ aiṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ aiṁ klīṁ sauḥ hskhphreṁ śrīṁ // (f. 1v).
   
• Explicit: sarvair militvā 60000 ṣaṣṭisahasrasaṁkhyākaḥ purṇamaṁḍalo japo bhavati maṁtrapārāyaṇasya // śrī śubham astu // śrīgurudevatārpaṇam astu. śrī. śrī. śrī // (f. 6v)
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

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Subjects topical

• Hindu goddesses
• Shaktism
• Hindu mantras
• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--17th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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