Sthālīpākamantra, circa 1700-1850; स्थालीपाकमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a guide or manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) to be used by a priest or householder for reciting mantras (words or phrases of power) while making offerings of rice or barley as part of a Vedic fire sacrifice

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdana Koṇḍadeva (f. 15r). This owner is from the village of Gāḍagī (or Gāḍgīlāya), possibly in present day Jarakhand, India, and is written by the same scribe as Item 845, Item 931, Item 932, Item 934, Item 935, and Item 2387.; Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner.

Subject:

Hindu mantras; Rice -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 15 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 6-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: janārdanakoṃḍadevagā - gī - yāṃ - pu - // śrīmahādeva // (f. 15r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red and black lines.; Partial watermarks of letters, possibly a C and other letters.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1383

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts