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EAP945/1/47
- Record Id:
- 040-003573739
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003573692
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101757101.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP945/1/47
- Title:
- सिद्धिलक्ष्मीपूजा, गुह्यकालीपूजा
- Additional Titles:
-
Manuals for Siddhilakṣmīpūjā and Guhyakālīpūjā
- Scope & Content:
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सिद्धिलक्ष्मीपूजा, गुह्यकालीपूजा, Sanskrit, Devanagari, Kuṭākṣara (fols 37-69 contd., from 36b reading backwards to 3; Start: श्रीगणेशायनम:॥॥त्रि(रा)x ^ तत्वा^चम्या॥गुरु^पादुका^नमस्कार^प्राणायाम^न्यास:^कृत्वा॥ (fol 37a, digital image 037); End: ॐ ५ ह्रीँ ख्य्रुँ ह्रिँ सोफेँ=हाटकेश्वरीदेव्यैनम:॥बलि॥योनिमुद्रां॥बिन्दु ३॥॥इति अधाम्नाय पूजा॥ (fol 3b, digital image 003); emendations by crowfeet, by giving dots, marginal additions, strikethrough (fol 37, digital image 037-38), deletions by smudge (digital image 043).
Calendar: C 1960 (Vikram Samvat).
Extent and format of original material: 141 folios.
Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, Slight fungal damage, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on one side; 23.4cm x 12cm.
Additional script information: Kuṭākṣara is a vertical syllabogram based on Newari scripts, mostly used to write cryptic formulae for esoteric practice. Kuṭākṣara is unique to Nepal, although as Vījamantra they were familiar to Śaiva and Śākta scholars in India. The project team are not aware of the existence of such script outside, except disseminated from Nepal to east Asia, China and Japan.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Pre-Modern Hindu Ritual Manuscripts from Kathmandu Valley
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003573692
040-003573739 - Is part of:
- EAP945/1 : Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi's Collection of Texts on Hindu Rites and Rituals
EAP945/1/47 : सिद्धिलक्ष्मीपूजा, गुह्यकालीपूजा - Hierarchy:
- 032-003573692[0047]/040-003573739
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP945/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 71 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP945-1-47
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Sanskrit
- Scripts:
- Devanagari
Kutaksara
Newari - Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- c 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Physical Characteristics:
- Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, Slight fungal damage, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on one side; 23.4cm x 12cm.
- Former External References:
- EAP945_GB_049
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Upendra Bhakta Subedi, Āgam House, Nepal.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)