Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970161733503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/952048780
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7016173

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Summary

Devotional work praising the god Śiva in his manifestation as the Śarabha beast (well known in Hindu mythology), containing protective mantras (kavaca) employed in rites and prayers.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Śarabhadigbandhana from colophon (f. 4r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1881 and śaka 1746 (1824).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Watermarks with the name J. Rump.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Tantrism
• Śaivism
• Hindu mantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu mythology

Genres

• Prayers
• Watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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