Mallārikavacastotra, circa 1700-1850
मल्लारिकवचस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Subsection of the Mallārimāhātma from the Kṣetrakhaṇḍa of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, praising the Hindu deity Śiva, especially in his terrible manifestation of Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava after his defeat of the demon Malla. Śiva takes the name of Mallāri or Enemy of Malla. Various kinds of gifts from Śiva are bestowed on his devotees are described, especially the birth of sons, as well as the prescription of Hindu mantras and other kinds of worship (pūjā) and praises the pilgrimage site associated with the location of the mythological account. Presented as a conversation between the deities Śiva and Pārvatī.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- poems
- prayers (compositions)
- hymns
- dialogues
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Śiva (Hindu deity)
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Bhairava (Hindu deity)
- Hindu mantras
- Puja (Hinduism)
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India
- Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Hindu mythology
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 19 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 4r).
- Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
- 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe kṣetrakhaṃḍe mallārimāhātme mallārikavacastotra saṃpūrṇaṃ śrīmārttaṃḍabhairavārpaṇam astu cha cha (f. 4r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2214
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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