University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 462

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DS ID:

DS6800

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 462

Title:

Ācamyaprāṇanāyamya

Scribe:

Putranihāla Maṇī

Date:

1800s.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 9 x 16 cm

Note:

Written 7 lines per leaf.
Title from incipit (f. 1v).
Selection of Tantric works with titles including: Bhūtaśuddhiprāṇapratiṣṭhā (f. 1v-7r), the Navārṇavamantra and its Nyāsa (f. 7v-10v), and Saptaśatikanyānyāsavidhi (f. 10v-15r); also an unidentified section (f. 15r-18v) containing a selection of various topics, such as the Devī and Rātri sūktas, Navārṇavamantra, and the Bhagavatīstavarāja; a variety of Hindu deities are evoked throughout...
Copied in Mathurā on the banks of the Yamunā River near the Rām Ghāṭ (f. 18r).
Scribe is Putranihāla Maṇī, or Nihāla Maṇī as text was augmented (f. 18r), who appears to have also been the scribe of UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 463.
Non-Latin script record.
Good condition. Mistakes covered over with yellow or gray. Orange powder rubbed in to highlight some invocations and sectional headings. Marginal corrections and lengthy additions.
May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 461, Item 463, and Item 464.
Colophon of first section: iti bhūtaśuddhiprāṇapratiṣṭhā saṁpūrṇaṁ samāptaḥ (f. 7r).
Explicit: maṁtrahīnaṁ kriyāhīnaṁ bhaktihīnaṁ maheśvari ya stutāsi mayā devi tasmā tvaṁ varadā bhava (f. 17v-18r).
Colophon (final): likhitaṁ mathurāyāṁ rāmaghāṭasyopariyamunā putr[eṇa]nihālamaṇī śubhaṁ patra aṣṭādaśaṁ 18 (f. 18r).
Incipit: om̐ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ācamya prāṇān āyamya adyetyādi mama pūjanajapādau saphalatvasidhyarthe ādau bhūtaśuddhiprāṇapratiṣṭhāṁ ca kariṣye om̐ ādhāraśaktikamalāsanāya namaḥ ity āsanaṁ saṁpūjya tatra prāṅmukha udaṅmukho vā siddhāsane samupaviśya tatra āsana prakārayet (f. 1v).

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Texts

Hindu mantras

Meditation--Hinduism

Hinduism--Rituals

Tantrism

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts

India

Goddesses, Indic

Rites and ceremonies

Gods, Vedic

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9934307103503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p35r9j/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania