Śukrāstapūjāvidhi, circa 1700-1850; शुक्रास्तपूजाविधि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript employed as an instruction manual for performing Hindu rites of pūjā (worship) with food offerings and setting up images during the end of the month of Śukra (May/June), when the planet Venus is in transition, in order to alleviate or atone (prāyaścitta) the inauspicious and negative qualities associated with this period.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Atonement; Food; Idols and images; Puja (Hinduism); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Idols and images -- India -- Religious aspects; Food -- India -- Religious aspects; Atonement -- Religious aspects; Hindu astronomy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left verso.; Colophon: iti śukrāstapūjāvidhiḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts