Śivapūjāpaddhati
Metadata
Bundle No.
T0045
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Paddhati
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
IFP and Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Date Created
2006
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
Key
transcripts_000123
License
Type
Manuscript
Manuscript No.
T0045
Title Alternate Script
शिवपूजापद्धति
Subject Description
Script
Scribe
P. Neelakanta Sarma
Date of Manuscript
10/01/1961
Material
Condition
Good
Manuscript Extent
[Complete]
Folios in Text
246
Folio Range of Text
1 - 246
No. of Divisions in Text
10
Title of Divisions in Text
vidhi
Lines per Side
10
Folios in Bundle
246+2=248
Width
22 cm
Length
34 cm
Bundle No.
T0045
Miscellaneous Notes
Copied from a MS belonging to Shanmukhasundara Bhattar of Madurai. The work is a collection of pūjāpaddhati-s as used in prayoga. Before the text there are two extra pages, which include a page of contents and a page giving a note written by the scribe, which reads: " śaivapūjāpaddhati
The palm leaf manuscript " śaivapūjāpaddhati " belongs to śriṣaṇmukhasundara Bhattar of Madurai.Written leafs number 72 in the manuscript. The rest are blank ones. The script is grantha. In a few leaves at the end, some explanations are given in the Tamil script. There are from six to eight lines per page. The handwriting is normal. The transcript copy covers 246 pages. The work is in the form of a collection of pūjāvidhis as used in prayogas. Pūjāvidhis in respect of śaiva and Devī are dealt with here in detail. Everything is treated in a good, systematic and complete manner. Towards the end, a collection of lakṣaṇas of bāṇa and other liṅga-s, taken from different sources, has been added. There are about 1200 granthas. P. Neelakanta Sarma, 10/01/1961 ". The same page record brief note written in a different handwriting reads: " The owner of this MS a gurukal of Madurai temple told that the pūjā performed at Madurai Temple is the same as found in this MS. and that this was copied by one of his ancestors
Text Contents
1.Page 1 - 122.nityapūjāvidhi.
2.Page 123 - 148.agnikāryavidhi.
3.Page 149 - 163.balikāryavidhi.
4.Page 163 - 167.sāyarakṣāvidhi.
5.Page 167 - 176.bhogāṅgavidhi.
6.Page 177 - 190.devīpūjāvidhi.
7.Page 191 - 200.devīnityapūjāvidhi.
8.Page 201 - 205.devīnityapūjāvidhi.
9.Page 206 - 232.bāṇaliṅgalakṣaṇam.
10.Page 233 - 246.itaraliṅgalakṣaṇam.
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Manuscript Beginning
Page - 1, l - 1; hariḥ om - nityapūjāvidhiḥ śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam । prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ॥ 1 vadane vāraṇaṃ vande sihmapratyūhavāraṇam । tuṃgaṃ mahīmnipuruṣaṃ pāṇipādau ca vāmanam ॥ 2 vande viśvādhikaṃ śāntaṃ anādinidhanaṃ śivam । .... niṣkalaṃkaṃ ca śaktijñānakriyātmakam ॥ 3 gurūnparāparānnatvā guruvaṃśakramāgatān । kriyākramadyotikeyaṃ ityādau kriyate sphuṭam ॥ 4 ṣoḍhā vibhajya rajanīṃ caramāṃśe samutthitam । yathāsaṃbhavamālokya divyaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā ॥ 5
Manuscript Ending
Page - 246, l - 6; (in Tamil) pīṭavistārame liṅkam varaikkumuyarame-n-ru samastamā-na ratnaliṅkaṅkaḷ ceykirate-n-ru kriyā kānamaṇṭalattil collappaṭṭaty
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
transcripts_000123
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Śivapūjāpaddhati,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Transcripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on October, 31st 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/372708