Mudrālakṣaṇāni, circa 1700-1850; मुद्रालक्षणानि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private recitation and rituals involving the worship of Hindu deities, especially Lakṣmī and Nārasiṃha, the man-lion avatar of the deity Viṣṇu. The work is especially focused on hand gestures (mudrās) and other rites such as bathing, and the recitation of mantras, associated with Tantric worship, serving as a kind of manual or guidebook.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Gesture -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Mudrās (Hinduism); Puja (Hinduism); Lakshmī (Hindu deity); Narasiṃha (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Tantrism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti mudrālakṣaṇāni // (f. 6r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, phrases, and numbers highlighted in red; border colored with yellow powder.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts