Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2214: Mallārikavacastotra
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Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 2214
9957390703503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/792992326
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5739070
Subsection of the Mallārimāhātma from the Kṣetrakhaṇḍa of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, praising the Hindu deity Śiva, especially in his terrible manifestation of Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava after his defeat of the demon Malla. Śiva takes the name of Mallāri or Enemy of Malla. Various kinds of gifts from Śiva are bestowed on his devotees are described, especially the birth of sons, as well as the prescription of Hindu mantras and other kinds of worship (pūjā) and praises the pilgrimage site associated with the location of the mythological account. Presented as a conversation between the deities Śiva and Pārvatī.
In Sanskrit
Mallārikavacastotra
मल्लारिकवचस्तोत्र
Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe kṣetrakhaṃḍe mallārimāhātme mallārikavacastotra saṃpūrṇaṃ śrīmārttaṃḍabhairavārpaṇam astu cha cha (f. 4r).
paper
1 item (4 leaves) : 12 x 19 cm
Siva (Hindu deity)
Bhairava (Hindu deity)
Hindu mantras
Puja (Hinduism)
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
Hindu mythology
Poems
Prayers
Hymns
Dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century