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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954196813503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774531748
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5419681

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Summary

Hymn dedicated to the Hindu deity and monkey lord Hanuman taken from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa; title refers to the "breastplate" or "armor" (kavaca) of Hanuman, which can be evoked symbolically through the recitation of this set of prayers and mantras.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 7v); alternate title Hanumanmālāmantra from incipit (f. 1v).
   
• Written in 6 lines per leaf.
   
• 7 leaves foliated [1-6], 7, lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1836 (1779) (f. 7v); the number 8 was written in later and is not totally clear.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Opening folio (f. 1) is glued to a white paper backing.
   
• May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 461, Item 462, and Item 463.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hanumān (Hindu deity)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mantras
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions

Genres

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

Licenses

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