Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 130: Adhomukhajananaśānti
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Title from colophon (f. 1r).
Written in 14 lines per leaf.
Scribe is Jekyā Cipolākara (f. 1r).
Dated saṃvat 1935 śaka 1799 (1878 A.D.) (f. 1r).
Mistakes blacked out.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 130
9958496193503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/816093486
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5849619
Manuscript outlines rites and ceremonies dedicated to averting bad omens. It refers to mantras such as a mantra dedicated to Tryaṃbaka (the Three-eyed One), a form of the Hindu deity Śiva.
In Sanskrit
Adhomukhajananaśānti
अधोमुखजननशान्ति
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Cipolākara, Jekyā
Colophon: iti adhomukhajananaśāṃtiḥ saṃ[vat] 1935 śa[ke] 1799 cai[tra] va - 3 gurau jekyācipo[lā]kareṇa likhitaṃ śubhaṃ bhavat (f. 1r).
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1 item (1 leaf) : 14 x 26 cm
Omens--India
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Siva (Hindu deity)
Hindu mantras
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century