Pārthivaliṅgapūjā, circa 1700-1850; पार्थिवलिङ्गपूजा, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Instructions with associated rules and laws (dharma) for installing and worshiping Pārthiva (earthen) liṅgas (emblems of the Hindu deity Śiva) and finishing with a kind of poetic praise (stotra) of Śiva, containing various mantras (words and phrases of power) dedicated to the deity.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lingas (Śaivism); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from final title page (f. 4v); alternate title Pārthivapūjā from incipit (f. 1r); title of second work Śivastotra from final colophon (f. 4r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śivastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 4r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins, some in a second scribal hand.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1416

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts