Pārthivaliṅgārcanapaddhati, [18--].

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Sadāśiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Śaivism.

Tantrism.

Liṅga worship.

Local Subjects:

Liṅga worship.

Genre:

Texts.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 36 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1670

Other Title:

Pārthivapūjāprayoga.

Place of Publication:

[18--].

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Title from marginal abbreviations on upper left of verso folios, which are written in a different hand. Title also implied in lines 1-2 of f. 1r. Colophons on f. 6r and 12r provide the title Pārthivapūjāprayoga. Author's name provided in colophon, f. 15r.

Author is the son of Vināyakasūri.

Written 9 lines per leaf.

Good condition. Paper dark brown on edges. Mistakes covered over with yellow, crossed through or blotched out with black. Orange powder rubbed in over some words. Marginal corrections, lengthy additions, and notes.

Begins: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ kalpadrumūle surasiddhasevitaṁ natvāśutoṣaṁ śivam aṁbikāyutaṁ sadāśivaḥ saṁtanute tha pārthivīṁ saṁkṣipya liṁgārcanapaddhatiṁ kramāt 1

Colophon, f. 6r: iti baudhāyanakalpabṛhadvāsiṣṭalaiṁgānusāreṇa śivarahasyasaptam āṁśagatahimavanmaināsakavādoktyanusāreṇa ca rahasye aṁśānttareṣu bahudhādṛṣṭānusāreṇa coktaḥ nātisaṁkṣipta savistṛtaḥ pārthivapūjāprayogaḥ

Colophon, f. 12v, in lower margin, written in another hand: iti śrīmat śāṁḍilyakulasamudbhavavināyakātmajasadāśivaviracitapārthivapūjāprayogaḥ

Text ends, f. 15r: rudrākṣadhāraṇapradeśā śiraḥkarṇakaṁṭhādayas tatra dhāraṇīyarudrākṣasaṁkhyā ca nirṇayasiṁdhvādito jñeyeti rudrākṣavidhir uktaḥ saṁkṣepataḥ.

After text ends, the word "samāpta" is crossed out, and a colophon begins, which continues into the right margin in another hand: śāṁḍilyakulabhūṣāmaṇivināyakasūrijanmanā sadāśivena sahastabudhyupātena.

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 4482 (UP 1670).

Listed in N. Veezhinathan, et al, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 12 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1988), p. 54.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1670

OCLC:

419562884