Sarvatobhadradevatāvāhana, circa 1700-1850; सर्वतोभद्रदेवतावाहन,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Sarvatobhadramaṇḍala

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used and consulted by priests on the creation of a mystical diagram (maṇḍala) referred to in this text as Auspiciousness of all sides (sarvatobhadra), in order to draw the essence of a deity into an image, which will serve as the god's vehicle (vāhana) on earth. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Idols and images; Idols and images -- India; Mandala; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu gods

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 10 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Sarvatobhadramaṇḍala supplied by cataloger.; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 161

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts