Satyanārāyaṇapūjāvidhi, circa 1700-1850; सत्यनारायणपूजाविधि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook to be employed by a priest or senior family member during rites of worship (pūjā) dedicated to the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Narayana (Hindu deity); Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 9-13 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti satyanārāyaṇapūjāvidhiḥ (f. 4v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Written by two different scribal hands.; Formerly housed with item 174 and item 175.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 173

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts