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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957972683503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/801653337
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5797268

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Summary

Manuscript for public or private recitation, reflection, and prayer, devoted to removing of sickness and disease (roga), as well as other perceived evils. Addressed to the Hindu deity Śiva and his worship and praise; it functions as a kind of amulet of protection.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 9v); alternate title Śaivāpāmārjana from colophon (f. 9v).
   
• Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Amulets (Hinduism)

Genres

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

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