Navagrahanyāsa, circa 1700-1850; नवग्रहन्यास,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Ritual text (Nyāsa) for constructing a mental body with the planets; comprised of various Vedic mantras and evocations of Vedic deities.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v).; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti navagrahanyāsaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 6v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections in 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