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• bibid: 9959473263503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841602540
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5947326

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Summary

Manuscript for private recitation and ritual use and is dedicated to a special 5-faced form of the Hindu monkey deity named Hanuman, who is typically associated with Tantric religion and considered one of the eleven rudra manifestations of the deity Śiva. Mantras within the text are often employed in rituals that symbolically place protect armor over the body of the devotee to protect them against various misfortunes.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 11r).
   
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double or triple red or black lines.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hanumān (Hindu deity)
• Śaivism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Amulets (Hinduism)
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Tantrism

Genres

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

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