Anantapūjā, 1838; अनन्तपूजा,१८३८

Contributor:

Bhāskara Dāḍekara (scribe)

Date:

1838

Description:

Ritual (pūjā) performed for personal and worldly benefit; dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in the form of Ananta; propitiates and praises other deities while helping to remove sins that have occurred as well as prescribing observances (vratas) to achieve these ends. Text attributed to the Padmapurāṇa (f. 13r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (20 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti padmapurāṇoktaṃ anaṃtapūjāvidhānaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 13r).; Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 20r).; Dated śaka 1740 (1838) (f. 13r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Unidentified watermarks, possibly a coat of arms.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts