Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara, circa 1700-1850; दक्षिणामूर्तिपञ्जर,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, prayer, and observances (vrata) dedicated to the veneration and worship (pūjā) of Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of the Hindu deity Śiva. Benefits such as the removal of debt and ignorance as well as the propagation of one's family are named. Presented as a dialogue between Skanda (named Guha) and the legendary sage Nārada. Text ends after colophon with a short praise of Śiva Dakṣiṇāmūrti.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Debt; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Vratas; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Debt -- India -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); prayers (compositions); dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 12 x 18 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v-5r).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated [1], 2-5, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃde mahāpurāṇe guhanāradasaṃvāde dakṣiṇāmūrti paṃjaraṃ aṣṭāṣītimodhyāyaḥ // (f. 4v-5r).; Mistakes crossed or blacked out; double horizontal red line through all folios.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2485

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts