University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 601

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DS ID:

DS6826

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 601

Title:

Śarabhavidhāna

Date:

18--].

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 17 cm

Note:

Cover page (f. 1r) reads: śrīśarabheśvara.
Title from Poleman, who catalogs it (on an unclear basis) as part of the Ākāśabhairavakalpa.
Ends f. 19v in verse 51 of section entitled Kāmyaprayoga: putramitrakalatrādīṁstyaktvā deśāntaraṁ vrajet gacchatyeva na sandeho dh[ṛ?]tir bhairavabhāṣitaṁ (verse 50). rājavṛkṣasya puttalyāṁ bhūbījaṁ smara vahninā.
Written 8-10 lines per leaf in more than one hand.
Begins: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. om̐ rātriśeṣe samutthāya guruṁ dhyāye[c]chirombuje varadābhayadaṁ devapakṣirājasvarūpakaṁ (verse 1). evaṁ dhyātvā pakṣirājaṁ gāyatryaṣṭottaraṁ japaṁ pakṣirājāya vidmahe śarabheśvarāya dhīmahi tanno rudraḥ pracodayāt. tatrāsanam āstīrya oṁ hrīṁ ādhāraśaktikamalāsanāya namaḥ.
Good condition. Left and right margins indicated with double red lines. Some dandas added in red. Pagination abbreviation "śarabha" on upper left of verso folios. Substantial marginal additions. Mistakes covered over with yellow, crossed through or blotched out with black. Sectional headings and colophons, some words, and some verse numbers highlighted with orange powder.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Texts

Hinduism--Rituals

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts

Śarabha (Hindu deity)

Tantrism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9934318953503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3bv79z2m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania