Devyatharvaśīrṣa, 1800s
- Description
- The Devī declares her transcendental nature to the gods, who have approached her (ff. 1r-2v), and the gods then recite a hymn in her praise (ff. 2v-end).
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1800
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Shaktism
- Vedanta
- Hindu chants
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 17 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon. Title abbreviation "De * A" occurs in upper left margins of verso folios. The cover folio (1r) and f. 8v, probably written in another hand, refer to the text as Devi Atharva. Mistakenly cataloged by Poleman as Devyarthaśīrṣa.
- Written 7 lines per leaf.
- Good condition. Lengthy addition on f. 5v. Mistakes covered over with yellow.
- Begins:śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ om̐ sarve vai devā devīm upatasthuḥ kāsi tvaṁ mahādevi sābravīd ahaṁ brahmasvarūpiṇī mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmakaṁ jagat śūnyaṁ cāśūnyaṁ ca
- Ends (f. 7v-8r): saha nau bhunaktu. saha vīryaṁ karavāvahai tejasvināvadhītam astu mā vi[f. 8r]dviṣāvahai om̐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
- Colophon (f. 8r): iti devyatharvaśīrṣaṁ samāptaṁ śrīśivārpaṇam astu
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3qw9w
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 949
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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