Paṅcakatripādaśānti, circa 1700-1850; पङ्चकत्रिपादशान्ति ,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is for consultation by priest or householder performing rites of expiation and worship of various gods and their images (such as Gaṇeśa, Viṣṇu, or Śiva) to dispel inauspicious tidings, especially at death. Manuscript contains two sections on different kinds of expiation and averting calamity.; (Part 1:) Paṅcakaśānti -- (Part 2:) Tripādaśānti.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Death; Idols and images; Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Vishnu (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Idols and images -- India; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Omens -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Puja (Hinduism); Death -- India -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Paṅcakaśānti from internal colophon (f. 3r); second alternate title Tripādaśānti from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti tripādaśāṃti samāptaḥ // (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; 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