Paradevatānityapūjāvidhi, circa 1700-1850; परदेवतानित्यपूजाविधि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual on worship (pūjā) of various deities, especially goddesses, and giving instructions on the installation of sacred images and how to infuse them with divine life force such as prāṇapratiṣṭhā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Idols and images; Puja (Hinduism); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu goddesses; Idols and images -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 12 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 30v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti paradevatānityapūjāvidhiḥ samāptaṃ // śrubham astu // (f. 30v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2002

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts