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

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2485 Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara / दक्षिणामूर्तिपञ्जर

Title

Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara
दक्षिणामूर्तिपञ्जर

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2485
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9958225403503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/809612354
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5822540

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Small manuscript for private or public use, recitation, prayer, and observances (vrata) dedicated to the veneration and worship (pūjā) of Dakṣiṇāmūrti, a form of the Hindu deity Śiva. Benefits such as the removal of debt and ignorance as well as the propagation of one's family are named. Presented as a dialogue between Skanda (named Guha) and the legendary sage Nārada. Text ends after colophon with a short praise of Śiva Dakṣiṇāmūrti.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 4v-5r).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated [1], 2-5, lower right verso.
Mistakes crossed or blacked out; double horizontal red line through all folios.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (5 leaves) : 12 x 18 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃde mahāpurāṇe guhanāradasaṃvāde dakṣiṇāmūrti paṃjaraṃ aṣṭāṣītimodhyāyaḥ // (f. 4v-5r).

Subjects topical

Siva (Hindu deity)
Vratas
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Rites and ceremonies--India
Debt--India--Religious aspects

Genres

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

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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fol. 1v-2r
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fol. 2v-3r
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fol. 3v-4r
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fol. 4v-5r
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fol. 5v
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