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• bibid: 9957283693503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/791564433

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Summary

Collection of short recitation texts to be employed in rituals of veneration of Hindu goddesses (especially forms of Dūrga) as well as Śiva, using mantras and invocations. It includes the Rātrisūkta from the Ṛgveda as well as Tantric texts such as the Navārṇamantranyāsa and the Āsanavidhi in the opening section as a means of inviting the deity (āsanavidhi) to their place in the ritualized space.

Notes

• Title from incipit; first section title Rātrisūkta from colophon (f. 3v); second section title Navārṇamantranyāsa supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Colophon (Part 1): iti rātrisūktaḥ // (f. 3v).
   
• Explicit (Part 2): śrīmahākālīprīttyarthaṃ prathamacaritra jape vi[?] /om̐ namaś caṃḍikāyau / (f. 9r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Caṇḍi (Hindu deity)
• Kālī (Hindu deity)
• Durgā (Hindu deity)
• Hindu goddesses
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Tantric literature

Genres

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

Licenses

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