Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara, circa 1700-1850.
दक्षिणामूर्तिपञ्जर

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Debt.

India.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Vratas.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Debt--India--Religious aspects.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 18 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2485

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

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.

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

Mistakes crossed or blacked out; double horizontal red line through all folios.

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 1563 (UP 2485).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2485

OCLC:

809631676