Āsanavidhi, circa 1700-1850.
आसनविधि

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Caṇḍi (Hindu deity).

Kālī (Hindu deity).

Kālī.

Durgā (Hindu deity).

Durgā.

Hindu goddesses.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu mantras.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Tantric literature.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1970

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of short recitation texts to be employed in rituals of veneration of Hindu goddesses (especially forms of Dūrga) as well as Śiva, using mantras and invocations. It includes the Rātrisūkta from the Ṛgveda as well as Tantric texts such as the Navārṇamantranyāsa and the Āsanavidhi in the opening section as a means of inviting the deity (āsanavidhi) to their place in the ritualized space.

Notes:

Title from incipit; first section title Rātrisūkta from colophon (f. 3v); second section title Navārṇamantranyāsa supplied by cataloger.

Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.

9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon (Part 1): iti rātrisūktaḥ // (f. 3v).

Explicit (Part 2): śrīmahākālīprīttyarthaṃ prathamacaritra jape vi[?] /om̐ namaś caṃḍikāyau / (f. 9r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Non-Latin script record.

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 1069 (UP 1970).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1970

Contains:

Rātrisūkta.

Navārṇamantranyāsa.

OCLC:

791456235