Maṇḍapakuṇḍasiddhi, circa 1700-1850; मण्डपकुण्डसिद्धि,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Viṭṭhaladīkṣita, active 17th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual, with diagrams, to be used by a priest, outlining the rules for the erection and construction of altars and halls that are to be the location of sacrificial rites. Manuscript is incomplete but contains two diagrams (yantra) of an eight-pointed star and a hexagram, both in red ink (f. 6r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred space; Altars; Hindu architecture; Altars -- India; Sacred space -- India; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Diagrams; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 10 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Son of Varaśarman.; Title from colophon (f. 7r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-3, 6-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti viṭaladīkṣitaviracitāmaṃḍapakuṃḍasiddhiḥ // samāptā // yādṛśaṃ pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ veśahanakā etha śākīṇapī arī paraśuddhamaśuddhaṃ vā mama doṣo na dīyate // (f. 7r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts