Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1598: Viṣṇupañcāyatana
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Title from margin abbreviation (f. 1r); alternate title Viṣṇupūjā from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1598
9957944103503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800399957
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794410
Incomplete manuscript discussing the worship of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu and especially an image of the deity. Rites such as bathing the image with special sacred foods (milk, ghee, yogurt, and others) are prescribed.
In Sanskrit
Viṣṇupañcāyatana
विष्णुपञ्चायतन
paper
1 item (1 leaves) : 11 x 30 cm
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Vaishnavism
Puja (Hinduism)
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Idols and images--Worship
Prayers
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century