Pārthivanirṇayapūjana, 1846.
पार्थिवनिर्णयपूजन

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Lohanī, Viṣṇudatta, scribe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness of sin.

Hinduism.

Idols and images.

Worship.

India.

Puja (Hinduism).

Lingas (Śaivism).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Idols and images--India--Worship.

Forgiveness of sin--Hinduism.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 14 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 153

Place of Publication:

1846.

१८४६.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a kind of instruction manual to be used by a priest or religious practitioner engaged in the worship (pūjā) of earthen (pārthiva) liṅgas, emblems of the Hindu god Śiva in order to remove sins and receive other worldly benefits. Text is from a larger work called the Pārthivacintāmaṇi.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14r).

Written in 13-18 lines per leaf.

14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīpārthivacintāmaṇau pārthivanirṇayaṃ pūjanaṃ ca samāptaṃ śubham samvat 1901 māse 1 pakṣe 2 tithau harivodhanī 11 vāre 4 etac chubhadine likhitaṃ graṃthaṃ lohanīviṣṇudattena svārthaṃ parārthaṃ vātatsat śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyān namaḥ śrīrāmaḥ śubhaṃ sarveṣām (f. 14r).

Scribe is Viṣṇudatta Lohanī (f. 14r).

Dated saṃvat 1901 (1847) (f. 14r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 3390 (UP 153).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 153

OCLC:

819406323