Anantapūjā, circa 1700-1850; अनन्तपूजा,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Ritual (pūjā) performed for personal and worldly benefit; dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in the form of Ananta and propitiates and praises other deities such as Yamunā and Indra; includes hymns to these deities, breath exercises, etc; possibly connected to the Padmapurāṇa (f. 3v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vishnu (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mythology; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (42 leaves) : paper; 9 x 14 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 42v).; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti anaṃtapūjāsamāptāḥ// śubhaṃbhavatū // śrī // ra // stu // (f. 42v).; Mistakes covered over in white 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