Vyāsapūjāvidhi, circa 1700-1850; व्यासपूजाविधि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual and associated rules and laws (dharma) for performing worship (pūjā) and veneration of Vyāsa, a traditionally revered compiler of different genres of religious texts (Vedas, Epics, and Purāṇas), whom, however, most scholars do not believe was a historical person.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Puja (Hinduism); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti vyāsapūjāvidhiḥ // (f. 5v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts