Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970675713503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/954468565
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7067571

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Summary

Manuscript used and consulted by priests on the creation of a mystical diagram (maṇḍala) referred to in this text as Auspiciousness of all sides (sarvatobhadra), in order to draw the essence of a deity into an image, which will serve as the god's vehicle (vāhana) on earth. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Sarvatobhadramaṇḍala supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout.
   

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Subjects topical

• Idols and images--India
• Mandala
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu gods

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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