Lalitānityāka, circa 1700-1850; ललितानित्याक,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used a guide for performing Tantric rites, with a selection of mantras to be recited during a devotional ceremony comprised of 16 parts, such as a pūjā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Sold with Ms. Coll. 390 Item 596.

Subject:

Tantrism; Śaivism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuals (instructional materials); prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 9 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 16-17 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkādimatoktaṃ lalitānityākaṃ vacaṃ samāptaṃ // gaṃdhalubdho yathābhṭaṃgaḥ puṣyāṃtaraṃbrajet // jñānalubdhoyathāśiṣyoguror gurvaṃtaraṃ braje[t] (f. 2v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 595

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts