Caṇḍīpāṭaprayoga, circa 1700-1850.
चण्डीपाटप्रयोग

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Caṇḍi (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Genre:

Texts.

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (29 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1410

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma), presented as a discourse of the Hindu deity Śiva, outlining the procedures for performing rites and ceremonies for, and the associated spiritual benefits of, honoring and worshiping the goddess Caṇḍī.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v).

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // oṃ namaścaṃḍikāyai // atha caṃḍīpāṭaprayogāḥ likhyaṃte // śiva uvāca // (f. 1v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 3124 (UP 1410).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1410.

OCLC:

910640096