Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 431: Sumukhīmātaṃgīkavaca University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 431: Sumukhīmātaṃgīkavaca 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 © 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 internal colophon (f. 5r); section title Laghumātaṅgīkavaca from final colophon (f. 5v). Written in 12-13 lines per leaf. 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso. Colophon (Part 1): iti śrīrudrayāmale sumukhīmātaṃgīkavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // saṃvat 1764 phālguṇavadī 11 śanai likhītaṃ kāśāṃ śrīsum[ukhye] pitāṃ // (f. 5r). Dated saṃvat 1764 phālguṇavadī 11 (Saturday, March 3, 1708) (f. 5v). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black and some red lines. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 431 9959370403503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/838627481 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5937040 Manuscript is for private tantric rituals and prayers, with the use of mantras, for the purpose of creating a protective body of symbolic armor (functioning as a kind of amulet) to protect the devotee from various misfortunes and honor Śiva and the Great Goddess through worship (pūjā). Presented as discourses between the Hindu deity Śiva and his consort, the goddess Pārvatī. In Sanskrit Sumukhīmātaṃgīkavaca सुमुखीमातंगीकवच Colophon (Part 1): iti śrīrudrayāmale sumukhīmātaṃgīkavacaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // saṃvat 1764 phālguṇavadī 11 śanai likhītaṃ kāśāṃ śrīsum[ukhye] pitāṃ // (f. 5r).

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 1 item (5 leaves) : 9 x 20 cm Amulets (Hinduism) Devotional literature, Sanskrit Hinduism--Prayers and devotions Śaivism Siva (Hindu deity) Parvati (Hindu deity) Puja (Hinduism) Tantrism Prayers Hymns Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--18th century