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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959473233503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841590477
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5947323

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Summary

Manuscript employed as part of a broader ritual of personal and bodily protection of a devotee of the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. The worshiper places mantras on his or her heart (hṛdaya) which creates a kind of symbolic, protective armor (kavaca) much like an amulet or talisman. Presented as a dialogue between the goddess Pārvatī (Gaurī) and the god Śiva (Śaṅkara).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 3v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

Extent

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Colophon

Provenance

• Sold and previously housed with Item 446.
   

Subjects topical

• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
• Amulets (Hinduism)
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

Licenses

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