University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 577

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DS ID:

DS6825

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 577

Title:

Ākāśabhairavakalpa

Date:

17--].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 10 x 23 cm

Note:

"Prayoga" begins (f. 2r): atha prayogaḥ. om̐ aiṁ krīṁ śriṁ namo bhagavate śrīśivāya [ya]mayuratḥ jvala 2 prajvala 2 asādhyaṁ sādhaya 2 rakṣa 2 sarva[-]uṣṭebhyo [hu?]ṁ phaṭ svāhā.
Written 12-13 lines per leaf.
Poor condition. Paper is browned and fraying. Orange powder rubbed over section headings and invocations. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections. Ff. 1-3 torn through middle and repaired. F. 14 torn through middle and repaired, with a hole affecting 4 lines of text. Marginal corrections.
Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. śrīḥ om̐ namaḥ pakṣirājāya niśitakuliśavaradaṁ drȧnaravāya anekakoṭibrahmakapālamālālaṁkṛtāya sakalakrūramahānāmabhūṣaṇāya [...].
Colophon f. 14v: ityākāśabhairavatantre kalpe hariharabrahmaviraci[taṁ śabha]rasahasranāmastotraṁ samp[ū]rṇā. śrīvaijanāthāya namaḥ.
"Prayoga" ends (f. 3v): spṛśan yasya japaṁ kṛtvā pratisthānaṁ samāhitaḥ prārthayed akhilaṁ sveṣṭaṁ hradisthaṁ sāluveśvaraṁ (3). śrīśiva.
Śarabhakavaca begins (f. 4r): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. athāpi śṛṇu deveśi sarvalakṣaṇam adbhutaṁ śārabhaṁ kavacaṁ nāma caturvargaphalapradaṁ (verse 1). śarabhaḥ pakṣirājasya kavacasya sadāśivaḥ ṛṣiṣ́chandosya bṛhatī procyate śarabheśvaraḥ (verse 2).
Śarabhakavaca ends (f. 8r): ubhayoḥ prāyaścittaṁ śiva tava nāmākṣaradvayaṁ (verse 111).
Colophon f. 8r: iti śrīmatākāśabhairavatantre umāmaheśvarasaṁvāde śarabhakavacaṁ nāmaikādaśaḥ paṭalaḥ.
Śarabhasahasranāmastotra begins (f. 8r): atha stotraṁ. bhairava uvāca. śṛṇu devi mahāguhyaṁ paramaṁ puṇyavar[--]ūnaṁ. śarabheśāṣṭakaṁ mantraṁ vakṣyāmi tava tattvataḥ (verse 1).
Śarabhasahasranāmastotra ends (f. 14v): prayataḥ prātaḥ brahmacā[rya----a?]teṁdriyaḥ. abhinnayogo varṣaṁ tu aśvamedhaphalaṁ labhet.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Texts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Hinduism--Rituals

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts

Tantrism

Śarabha (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9934318943503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3p80z/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania