Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 126: Vāstupūjāvidhi University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 126: Vāstupūjāvidhi are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title manuscript wrapping; alternate title Vāstupūjā from colophon (f. 8v). Written in 9-10 lines per leaf. 7 leaves foliated 2-8, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes 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. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 126 9958497893503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/816100911 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5849789 Manuscript is a short manual outlining ceremonies for digging ground for a new house, prescribing the setting up and worship of various images of gods, and especially for appeasing (śanti) evils and calamities that might befall the occupants of the house. Manuscript lacks beginning. In Sanskrit Vāstupūjāvidhi वास्तुपूजाविधि Colophon: iti vāstupūjāsamāptā // śrīvyaṃkaṭeśārpaṇam astu // (f. 8v).

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 1 item (7 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm Rites and ceremonies--India Housing--India--Religious aspects Puja (Hinduism) Idols and images--India Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century