Details

Subjects:

Caṇḍi (Hindu deity).
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual for use in devotional rites, including recitation, for the praise of Caṇḍi. Contains two parts, the first with material for recitation the second with rules and instructional material (viddhi) to guide the ritual practitioner.

Contents:

Saptasījapa (Part 1, f. 1-3)
Saptaśatīnyāsa (Part 2, f. 1-16).

Notes:

Title from title page (Part 1, f. 1r); secondary titles supplied by cataloger.
Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.
19 leaves foliated 1-3, 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line (Part 1, f. 1r-3v).

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 4648 (UP 1350).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1350.

Contains:

Saptasījapa.
Saptaśatīnyāsa.

OCLC:

908401232