Details

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Puja (Hinduism).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Lived in Vārāṇasī and was the son of Japarāmabhaṭṭa Dūḍa (f. 6r).

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation by a priest or householder and contains rules, regulations, and proceedures for worshiping Hindu deities. There is a section honoring gurus (teachers) and one that praises the food offerings (prasāda) made to Śiva.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmandūḍopanāmakajaparāmabhaṭṭasutavārāṇasīgarbhasaṃbhavakāśīnāthaviravitadevapūjānirṇayaḥ samāptaḥ (f. 6r).
Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 3445 (UP 299).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 299

OCLC:

830002966