Bhūtaśuddhi, [1750-1850].

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Bhūtaśuddhiprāṇapratiṣṭhā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Tantrism.

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Bhūtaśuddhi.

Nyasa.

Local Subjects:

Bhūtaśuddhi.

Nyasa.

Genre:

Texts.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1404

Place of Publication:

[1750-1850].

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

F. 1v-2r contain text pertaining to the Gāyatrī mantra, and a ritual, Liṅgaśuddhi, in six verses. The text Bhūtaśuddhiprāṇapratiṣṭhā begins f. 2v. Title from f. 2v, line 1, and cover folio, which reads, in another hand, "bhūtaśuddhiprāraṁbhaḥ."

Manuscript incomplete (lacks end). What remains of the text matches closely the contents of homonymous manuscripts, UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1380 and Item 1434, etc.

Written 9-10 lines per leaf.

Good condition. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.

Begins, f. 1v: om̐ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ om̐ tat savitur vareṇyam om̐ bhargo devasya dhīmahi om̐ dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt

F. 2v begins: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha bhūtaśuddhiḥ ācāmya prāṇān āyamya deśakālau smṛ amukaṁ karma kariṣye tadaṁgatvena bhūtaśuddhiprāṇapratiṣṭhāṁtarmātṛkābahirmātṛkānyāsāṁś ca kariṣye

Ends, f. 8v: śaṁ * asthyātmani hṛdayādipādayugule ṣaṁ * majjātmane hṛdayādipādayugule saṁ śukrātmane jaṭhare

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4509 (UP 1404).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1404

OCLC:

417756756