Laghunyāsa, 1826; लघुन्यास,१८२६

Contributor:

Gaṅgādhara Gokhala (Son of Govinda Gokhala) (scribe)

Date:

1826

Description:

Short (laghu) preparatory Tantric ritual manual with associated rules and regulations for ritually touching parts of the body while reciting mantras to Rudra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu mantras; Rudra (Hindu deity); Tantrism; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 13 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).; Written in 14 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti laghunyāsaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 4r).; Scribe is Gaṅgādhara Gokhala, son of Govinda Gokhala, of the city of Vārāṇasī (f. 4r).; Dated śaka 1748 (1826) (f. 4r).; Mistakes blacked out.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts