Kālāgnirudropaniṣad dīpikā, circa 1700-1850; कालाग्निरुद्रोपनिषद्दीपिका,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Abhinavanārāyaṇendrasarasvatī

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a kind of manual and interpretive commentary (dīpikā) on the Kālāgnirudropaniṣad, parts of which are possibly drawn from the Atharvaveda. Work focuses in part on rules and regulations (Hindu law) surrounding the three vertical marks drawn on the foreheads of Śaiva initiates and called a puṇḍra, as well as different kinds of Hindu mantras used in rites and ceremonies and prayer.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Prayers; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 13 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Author referred to as Nārāyaṇa in the manuscript (f. 6v) and is most likely Nārāyaṇa Sarasvatī, also known as Abhinavanārāyaṇendrasarasvatī.; Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Kālāgnirudradīpikā from colophon (f. 6v).; Written in 6-11 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti kālāgnirudradīpikā samāptā // (f. 6v).; Paper is machine-made, possibly European, and has fragments of watermarks that may be part of a crest of some kind.; Mistakes blacked out; some additions and corrections in the margins.; 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