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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957944103503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800399957
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794410

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Summary

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.

Notes

• 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.
   

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Subjects topical

• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Vaishnavism
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Idols and images--Worship

Genres

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

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