Caṇḍīpāṭaprayoga, circa 1700-1850; चण्डीपाटप्रयोग,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma), presented as a discourse of the Hindu deity Śiva, outlining the procedures for performing rites and ceremonies for, and the associated spiritual benefits of, honoring and worshiping the goddess Caṇḍī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Caṇḍi (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (29 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.; Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // oṃ namaścaṃḍikāyai // atha caṃḍīpāṭaprayogāḥ likhyaṃte // śiva uvāca // (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1410

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts