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Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrā, circa 1700-1850.
षोडशोपचारमुद्रा
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 586
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Gesture--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Mudrās (Hinduism).
- Hindu gods.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : palm leaf ; 10 x 23 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 586
- Other Title:
- Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrālakṣaṇāni.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript used for private recitation and rituals involving the 16 steps of worshiping a Hindu deity and is especially focused on hand gestures (mudrās).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrālakṣaṇāni from wrapper notes.
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrāḥ samāptāḥ // (f. 2v).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Cut palm leaf or possibly wood.
- 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 4646 (UP 586).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 586
- OCLC:
- 857174249
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