Śivakavaca, circa 1700-1850
शिवकवच, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Manuscript for private use, meditation, and ritual forming a protective, symbolic armor for the benefit of a Hindu devotee and for humankind in general, especially for followers of the deity Śiva. The protective armor is laid symbolically on various parts of the body and functions as a kind of amulet keeping away maladies and other ills and brings prosperity. Text is attributed to the legendary sage Ṛṣabha, the narrator.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- prayers (compositions)
- hymns
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Śiva (Hindu deity)
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Śaivism
- Amulets (Hinduism)
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (11 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm
- Notes
- Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Śivavarmakathana from colophon (f. 11r).
- Written in 6 lines per leaf.
- 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe brahmottarakhaṃḍe śivavarmakathanaṃ nāmadvādaśodhyāyaḥ śrīviśverārpaṇam astu (f. 11r).
- 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 red line.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3fh4q
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2411
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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