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Title

Anantapūjā
अनन्तपूजा

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1372
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954112163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773272495
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5411216

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

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).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 42v).
   
• Written in 6 lines per leaf.
   
• 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• 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.
   

Extent

1 item (42 leaves) : 9 x 14 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti anaṃtapūjāsamāptāḥ// śubhaṃbhavatū // śrī // ra // stu // (f. 42v).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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