University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 2216

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DS ID:

DS7028

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 2216

Title:

Gāyatrīkavaca

Date:

1794.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 17 cm

Note:

Written 9-10 lines per leaf. Ms. consists of two folded paper sheets, with four folios. Pagination indications are irregular, and hence provided by cataloger.
Gāyatrīkavaca from the Agastisaṁhitā [Agastyasaṁhitā]. Title from colophon. Cover folio [1r] reads: atha gāyatrīkavacaprārambhaḥ.
Colophon (f. [3r]): iti śrī agastisaṁhitāyāṁ gāyatrīkavacaṁ samāptaṁ. śake 1716 bhāvanā 0 mārgaśīrṣaśuddha 7 maumavāsare taddīnam idaṁ pustakaṁ samāptaṁ.
Begins (f. [1v]): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḣ. śrīrādhākṛṣṇāya namaḥ. atha gāyatrīkavacaprārambhaḥ. om̐ asya śrīgāyatrīkavacasya. brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraṛṣibhyo namaḥ. śirasi. ṛgyajusāmātharvānichandosyai namaḥ mukhe. parabrahmavidyāgāyatrīdevatāyāi namaḥ hṛda [-
Ends (f. [3r]): mucyate sarvapāpebhyo paraṁbrahmādhigachati. kavacena vinā sarvaṁ sampūrṇaṁ noṁpajāyate (verse 17). senāmadhye yathā vīrāḥ. kavacena bhayāvahāḥ tathaiva jāpakāḥ sarve kavacena surakṣitāḥ (verse 18).
Good condition. Three holes along the folds of the paper. Mistakes covered over with orange or blotched out with black. One red marginal correction, and other marginal corrections in black.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Pāñcarātra (Sect)

Tantrism

Hindu mantras

Vedas. R̥gveda. Gāyatrī

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9947780353503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p36q1sk51/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania