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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