Gurupaddhati natividhāna, circa 1700-1850; गुरुपद्धति नतिविधान,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

First part is a short treatise on the performance of obeisances to and veneration of one's teacher (guru) and, using mantras, praising the names of legendary and historical teachers. Presented as a conversation between the Hindu deities Śiva and Pārvatī. Second part, the Mānasikasnānavidhi, is from the Vāmanapurāṇa and deals with methods of mental bathing performed as a meditation.; Gurupaddhati natividhāna -- Mānasikasnānavidhi.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Siva (Hindu deity); Guru worship (Rite); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Poems; Hymns; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title for manuscript from colophon of first part (f. 1v); alternate title Gurupaddhati namaskāra from second line of text (f. 1r); section title Mānasikasnānavidhi from colophon for second part (f. 2r).; Written in 15-16 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves.; Colophon (Part 1): iti padmapurāṇe IśvarapārvatIsaṃvāde gurupaddhatinatividhānaṃ sa[māptaṃ] (f. 1v).; Colophon (Part 2): iti śrīvāmanapurāṇoktamānasikasnānavidhiḥ saṃpūrṇam abhavat // cha // śraddhānīramanaḥ puṣpaṃ dhīdhūpaṃ jñānadīpakam // viṣayat yogan[ai]vedyaṃ sābhaktiḥ parameśvare // 1 // aham kārodhiyaṃ brute māsuptaprativodhaya // u[???]te ca parānaṃdenatanāhaṃ navaijagat // 2 // hakāraśivarūpeṇa sakāraḥ śaktirupyate // sohaṃ soṣṭadhāmūrtiṃ jīvojapati sarvadā // cha // cha // (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line. Text written on European paper with a watermark of a crown over a fleur-de-lis.; 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