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Sinhalese protective charm yantras, circa 1700-1850

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: MAL, SIN, Tamil
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 3027. Manuscript is a compendium of cure-amulets meant to be carried about or worn as protective charms. Contains diagrams (yantras) of cosmologies, the human body, deities, and animals along with various mantras to be recited during the performance of healing rites and to ward of danger. Such diagrammatic manuscripts are found throughout South Asia on palm leaves or sheets of copper. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Find

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Amulets”. Retained metadata contains “Amulets” in the description, “Charms” in the description, and “Amulets” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Amulets”· in description
    • “Charms”· in description
    • “Amulets”· in subject

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1700-01-01T00:00:00Z—MAL, SIN, Tamil—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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