Ms. Coll. 390 Item 187 Maṇḍaladevatāpūjana / मण्डलदेवतापूजन
Title
Maṇḍaladevatāpūjanaमण्डलदेवतापूजन
Authors
- Gadādhara
Other related names
- Vāsudeva, Sārasvata, scribe
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 187(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9958644573503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820002377
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5864457
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manuscript is used for private or public veneration and prayer and contemplation. The manuscript consists of two sections; the first relates to the worship of a large circle (maṇḍala) drawn on the floor and containing various Hindu deities, while the second, shorter part, concerns drawing lines in different patterns in a square and enclosing different kinds of symbols such as a flower.
Notes
- Scribe is Sārasvata Vāsudeva (f. 4v).
- Title from internal colophon (f. 3v); second title Liṅgatobhadralakṣaṇa from final colophon (f. 4v).
- Written in 9 lines per leaf.
- 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
- Dated saṃvat 1727 (1670) (f. 4v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
- Non-Latin script record.
Extent
1 item (4 leaves) : 10 x 23 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti liṃgatobhaḍralakṣaṇaṃ // mādhavarapasite pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ saumyavāsare // gadādhareṇa likhitaṃ liṃgatobhadralakṣaṇaṃ //1// saṃvat 1927 siddhārthīsaṃvatsare vāsudevākhyena sārasvatena likhitam idaṃ pustakaṃ kāśyāṃ viśveśvaraśivasaṃnidhau // rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacaṃdrāya vedhasai / raghunāthāyanāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ // śubham astu // (f. 4v).Provenance
- Written in the pilgrimage city of Vārāṇasī near the temple of Viśveśvara dedicated to the Hindu deity Śiva (f. 4v).
Subjects topical
- Idols and images--India
- Mandala
- Rites and ceremonies--India
- Hindu gods
- Puja (Hinduism)
- Sacred space--India
Genres
- Manuals (instructional materials)
- Diagrams
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
- Manuscripts--India--17th century
Licenses
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