Pārthivanirṇayapūjana, 1846; पार्थिवनिर्णयपूजन,१८४६

Contributor:

Lohanī, Viṣṇudatta (scribe)

Date:

1846

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of instruction manual to be used by a priest or religious practitioner engaged in the worship (pūjā) of earthen (pārthiva) liṅgas, emblems of the Hindu god Śiva in order to remove sins and receive other worldly benefits. Text is from a larger work called the Pārthivacintāmaṇi.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Forgiveness of sin; Hinduism; Idols and images; Worship; Puja (Hinduism); Lingas (Śaivism); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Idols and images -- India -- Worship; Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 11 x 14 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14r).; Written in 13-18 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpārthivacintāmaṇau pārthivanirṇayaṃ pūjanaṃ ca samāptaṃ śubham samvat 1901 māse 1 pakṣe 2 tithau harivodhanī 11 vāre 4 etac chubhadine likhitaṃ graṃthaṃ lohanīviṣṇudattena svārthaṃ parārthaṃ vātatsat śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyān namaḥ śrīrāmaḥ śubhaṃ sarveṣām (f. 14r).; Scribe is Viṣṇudatta Lohanī (f. 14r).; Dated saṃvat 1901 (1847) (f. 14r).; Mistakes 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 Item 153

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts