Viṣṇupañcāyatana, circa 1700-1850; विष्णुपञ्चायतन,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Incomplete manuscript discussing the worship of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu and especially an image of the deity. Rites such as bathing the image with special sacred foods (milk, ghee, yogurt, and others) are prescribed.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vishnu (Hindu deity); Vaishnavism; Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Idols and images -- Worship

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaves) : paper; 11 x 30 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from margin abbreviation (f. 1r); alternate title Viṣṇupūjā from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 1 leaf.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; 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