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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970169103503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/952122749
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7016910

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Summary

Manual and collection of mantras to be used during the worship (pūjā) of an earthen (pārthiva) liṅga, a special emblem of the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Pārthivaliṅgapūjā from text (f. 1r, line 12).
   
• Written in 21-23 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves.
   
• Dated after 1876 based on watermark.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Manuscript and text are oriented in a portrait rather than landscape format, with text parallel to the narrow edge of the leaf.
   

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Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Lingas (Śaivism)
• Puja (Hinduism)

Genres

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

Licenses

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