Lalitāpūjā, circa 1700-1850; ललितापूजा,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text used in public or private recitation and prayer, employing mantras in worship (pūjā), devoted to the Hindu goddess Lalitā, often envisioned as the consort of the deity Śiva or approached as a form of the goddess Dūrgā. Especially popular in the state of Maharashtra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Durgā (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Puja (Hinduism); Hindu mantras; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Explicit: iti visarjanaṃ // (f. 8r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts