Pārthivasāra kāmyavidhāna, circa 1700-1850; पार्थिवसार काम्यविधान,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript to be used in private or public performance of rites, recitations, and ceremonies, directed towards the liṅga (mark or sign), an emblem of the Hindu deity Śiva. Especially concerned with the precepts and rules surrounding the pārthiva or earthen liṅga renowned as the most auspicious. Text also contains a series of mantras dedicated to Śiva as well a mention of the importance of visiting pilgrimage sites. Text may be a collection of rules and regulations about liṅga worship from a number of different sources, especially the Liṅgapurāṇa, although printed editions of the text do not correlate with the manuscript. Skandapurāṇa and some unknown Tantric texts may also be a source for some passages.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lingas (Śaivism); Śaivism; Siva (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Puja (Hinduism); Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 13 x 28 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13v); alternate title Pārthivaliṅgavidhi from the incipit (f. 1v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-13, [i], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti pārthi[va]sāre kāmyavidhānaṃ (f. 13v).; Mistakes blacked out.; 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