Pratiṣṭhādevatāvisarjanamantra, circa 1700-1850; प्रतिष्ठादेवताविसर्जनमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a series of various instructional texts to be consulted by a Jain monk or other figure installing images for use in Jaina rites of image worship (pūjā). Has an image towards the end of the roll depicting a multi-leveled maṇḍala (circle) with numerous mantras dedicated to Jaina deities.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Gift of Brian Zahn.

Subject:

Idols and images; Idols and images -- India; Jainism; Worship (Jainism); Jaina mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Prayers; Diagrams; Scrolls (information artifacts); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 roll) : cloth; 21 x 350 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (1r).; Colophon: iti pratiṣṭhādevatāvisarjanamantraḥ // ba // śrī // (1r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; borders drawn in heavy red line.; Cloth scroll.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Jainanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 7