Viṣṇuyāgapaddhati, 1847.

Abstract:

Small manuscript for consultation during the performance of rites and rituals. Manuscript is a guide book or manual for making offerings, gifts, oblations, and sacrifices to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Contains formulas for recitation.

Creator:

Anantadeva, active 17th century.

Timespan:

India.

Date:

1847

Identifier:

9958423413503681; (OCoLC)ocn813296663; (OCoLC)813296663; (PU)5842341-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Manuscript was commissioned by Nānā Sāheb, possibly the same figure who later became a leader in the Indian rebellion against the British in 1857 A.D.

Relation:

Viṣṇuyāgaprayoga.

Subject:

Recitations -- Religious aspects.; Recitations.; Rites and ceremonies.; Sacrifice -- Hinduism.; Rites and ceremonies -- India.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises.; Manuscripts.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (147 leaves) : paper; 9 x 18 cm

Personal Name:

Vishnu; Nana Sahib, 1820?-1859?, former owner.; Jagannāth Āpājī Pārkar Rānjhekar, scribe.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Dated saṃvat 1904 bhādrapadavadya 5 somavāra (Wednesday, 15 September 1847) (f. 146r).; Folios 97-147 are written on blue, machine made European paper.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; a couple of significant syllables highlighted in red.; Title from title colophon (f. 146r); alternate title Viṣṇuyāgaprayoga from back title page (f. 147v).; Written in 5 lines per leaf.; Scribe is Jagannāth Āpājī Pārkar Rānjhekar who lived in Vāraṇasī (f. 146v).; Colophon: iti śrīmadāpadevasutā 'naṃtadevaviduṣākṛte viṣṇuyāgapaddhatiḥ samāptaḥ saṃvat 1904 bhādrapadavadya 5 somavāraśrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // hastākṣara līkhiṃ pustaka jagaṃnnāth āpājī pārakar rāṃjhekar mukām śrīkṣetrakāsī āsī saṃgama // he pustaka nānāsāheb yācī āse // (f. 146r-146v).; Non-Latin script record.; 147 leaves foliated 1-147, upper left and lower right verso.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.