Details

Other Title:

Viṣṇupūjā.

Subjects:

Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Vaishnavism.
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Idols and images -- Worship.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Incomplete manuscript discussing the worship of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu and especially an image of the deity. Rites such as bathing the image with special sacred foods (milk, ghee, yogurt, and others) are prescribed.

Notes:

Title from margin abbreviation (f. 1r); alternate title Viṣṇupūjā from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
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 1457 (UP 1598).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1598

OCLC:

800403048