Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1340: Mṛtyuñjayajapavidhāṇa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1340: Mṛtyuñjayajapavidhāṇa are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 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 additions and corrections in margins. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1340 9963982913503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908400642 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6398291 Manuscript contains a collection of mantras employed, especially for recitation, in rites for purifying oneself from past actions (karma) and overcoming ultimate death; especially associated with Śiva. Manuscript was originally part of a larger collection of ritual texts. In Sanskrit Mṛtyuñjayajapavidhāṇa मृत्युञ्जयजपविधाण Colophon: iti mṛtyuṃjayajapavidhānaṃsamāptaṃ (f. 3v).

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 1 item (3 leaves) : 21 x 10 cm Siva (Hindu deity) Mṛtyuñjaya homa Hindu mantras Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century