Vāstupūjāvidhi, circa 1700-1850; वास्तुपूजाविधि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Short manual outlining ceremonies, along with rules and laws (dharma), for digging ground for a new house, prescribing various rites in honor of different Vedic gods.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gods, Vedic; Dwellings -- Religious aspects -- 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 (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Explicit: vāstupuruṣaṃ / praṇamyaprārthayet (f. 8v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts