Sarvatobhadramaṇḍaladevatā, circa 1700-1850.
सर्वतोभद्रमण्डलदेवता

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Idols and images.

Mandala.

Hinduism.

India.

Hindu mantras.

Mandala--Hinduism.

Varuṇa (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Idols and images--India.

Homa (Rite).

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

diagrams

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 162

Other Title:

Sarvatobhadramaṇḍaladevatāpaddhati.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a manual (paddhati) for consultation by priest or priestly artisan for the purpose of drawing out a sacred diagram (maṇḍala) in a square shape. A number of Hindu and Vedic deities (such as Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Varuṇa) are evoked and installed in various sections of the diagram, typically during fire (homa) rites.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Sarvatobhadramaṇḍaladevatāpaddhati supplied by cataloger; second alternate title Maṇḍaladevatā from colophon.

Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1, 2-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti maṃḍaladevatāsamāptaḥ // (f. 5v).

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 3234 (UP 162).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 162

OCLC:

819409880