Details

Other Title:

Bṛhalliṅgavāsiṣṭha.
Agastyadharma.

Subjects:

Worship (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Vratas.
Puja (Hinduism).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Lingas (Śaivism).

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Summary:

Text describing the end or completion (udyāpana) of observances (vratas) and rites dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Śiva in his manifestation as a liṅga (mark or sign). Described as part of the Bṛhalliṅgavāsiṣṭha (also called Agastyadharma), a text of unknown origin related to Śaivism and Tantrism.

Notes:

Title from colophon. Alternate title Bṛhalliṅgavāsiṣṭha in colophon (f. 7v); second alternate title Agastyadharma also from colophon (f. 7v). Title abbreviation in upper left margins of verso folios: Vṛ. Ga.
Written 9 lines per leaf.
Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ śrīguruve namaḥ sarasvatyās taṭe ramye śaunakādyās tapodhanāḥ sūtaṁ paramayā bhaktyā paprachaḥ paramādarāt 1ṛṣaya ūcuḥ sūta kātara dharmajña mṛnmayaṁ kīdṛśaṁ śivaṁ liṁgaṁ pūjyaṁ mahābhaktyā vidhānaṁ tasya kīdṛśaṁ 2 (f. 1v).
Explicit: sodyāpanaṁ vrataṁ kṛtvā prāpnuyāt paramaṁ phalaṁ mṛtaḥ śivapadaṁ prāpya tatraiva ramate dhṛvaṁ 94 (f. 7v).
Colophon: iti śrībṛhalliṁgavāsiṣṭe agastyadharme mṛnmayaliṁgavidhānaṁ sodyāpanaṁ samāptam śrīśivāya namaḥ (f. 7v).

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 4493 (UP 2290).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2290.

OCLC:

406614124