Anantapūjā, 1796; अनन्तपूजा,१७९६

Date:

1796

Description:

Ritual (pūjā) and observances (vrata) performed for personal and worldly benefit; dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in the form of Ananta and propitiates and praises other deities such as Yamunā and Indra; includes hymns to these deities, breath exercises, collection of mantras, etc; possibly connected to the Padmapurāṇa (f. 9r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Vishnu (Hindu deity); Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Vratas

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 23v); alternate title Anantavratapūja from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti [a]naṃtapūjāsamāptaḥ // mitī kārttikavadya 8 vivāre samāptaḥ saṃvat 1853 // śrī // śrī // (f. 23v).; Dated saṃvat 1853 mitī kārttikavadya 8 (Tuesday, November 8, 1796) (f. 23v).; Mistakes blacked out; 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