Śatacaṇḍīsahasracaṇḍīprayoga, 1778; शतचण्डीसहस्रचण्डीप्रयोग,१७७८

Alternate Title:

Nirṇayasindhu

Contributor:

Gaṅgādhara (scribe)

Name:

Kamalākara Bhaṭṭa, active 18th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1778

Description:

Treatise on rituals associated with reciting the supposed one thousand names of the Hindu goddess Caṇḍī. Three small yantras of intersecting triangles at the end of the manuscript represent the goddess. This work comes from a larger work on ritual called Nirṇayasindhu.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Yantras; Dharma; Rites and ceremonies; Caṇḍi (Hindu deity); Caṇḍi (Hindu deity) -- Early works to 1800; Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Early works to 1800; Dharma -- Early works to 1800; Hindu law -- Early works to 1800; Hindu law; Yantras -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Drawings (visual works); Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 11 x 29 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16r); alternate title Nirṇayasindhu supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śatacaṃḍīsahasracaṃḍīprayogaḥ / (f. 16r).; Dated śaka 1700 (1778) (f. 16r).; Scribe is Gaṅgādhara (f. 16r); Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words, phrases, and syllables highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Watermarks with some kind of coat of arms as well as a lion with a crown.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts