Details

Other Title:

Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrālakṣaṇāni.

Subjects:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Gesture -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Mudrās (Hinduism).
Hindu gods.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

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