Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrā, circa 1700-1850; षोडशोपचारमुद्रा,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private recitation and rituals involving the 16 steps of worshiping a Hindu deity and is especially focused on hand gestures (mudrās).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Gesture -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Mudrās (Hinduism); Hindu gods

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : palm leaf; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrālakṣaṇāni from wrapper notes.; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrāḥ samāptāḥ // (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Cut palm leaf or possibly wood.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts