Śivapūjā, 1821; शिवपूजा,१८२१

Contributor:

Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva (former owner)

Date:

1821

Description:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for ceremonies associated with the worship (pūjā) of the Hindu deity Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdana Koṇḍadeva Gāḍagila (f. 2v), likely from the village of Gāḍagī in present-day Jarakhand, India, as with some other manuscripts in the collection (for example, Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1027, f. 61r).

Subject:

Puja (Hinduism); Siva (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Dharma; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 12 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śivapūjā samāptā // (f. 2v).; Dated śaka 1743 (1821) (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; paper treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts