Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 406: Śītalāṣṭakastotra
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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.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 406
9958140453503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/807973835
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5814045
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.
In Sanskrit
Śītalāṣṭakastotra
शीतलाष्टकस्तोत्र
scribe
Sāṭhe, Moreśvara
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe śītalāṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrīśītalādevyainamana idaṃ pustakaṃ moreśvarasāṭhe ity upanāmakena // (f. 1v).
paper
1 item (1 leaf) : 10 x 25 cm
Hindu goddesses
Śītalā (Hindu deity)
Vratas
Rites and ceremonies--India
Smallpox--Religious aspects
Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Hymns
Prayers
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century