Pratiṣṭhāvidhi
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20011
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Pratiṣṭhā
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004320
Manuscript No.
RE20011a
Title Alternate Script
प्रतिष्ठाविधि
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
23
Folio Range of Text
1a - 23
Lines per Side
7 - 8
Folios in Bundle
40
Width
3 cm
Length
33 cm
Bundle No.
RE20011
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Tiruchuli
Miscellaneous Notes
Important rituals connected with the installation of an idol are treated here. The topics dealt with are not well arranged. Maṇḍapapūjā, vedikārcana, āvāhanamantra, vardhanī-āvāhana, agnikārya and antarbali are dealt with in this text. Fol.1Aa having some verses from a stotra, 1Ab contains the list of kalaśa-s to be kept in various āvaraṇa-s (enclosures) for sahasrakalaśābhiṣeka. The charecterstics of lambakūrca, darbhamālā and others are treated in fol.17a, fol.17b describes briefly viṣṭara and jñānakhaḍga, fol. 24 contains some statements about dāna, the important features of śivadvija, etc
Manuscript Beginning
yāgamaṇḍapadarbhamālāpatākādhvajavitānata..........ṭoraṇakadalī......ġurur vastrādyai(ḥ)svadeham alaṃkṛtya paścāt gomayālepanapuṇyāhasāmānya......indrāgnoyr madhye nityavat saurapūjāṃ kṛtvā sūryamūlamantraṃ śataṃ japtvā pādya.....kṛtasaurabhāvanivṛttyarthaṃ pādau hastau prakṣālya......
Manuscript Ending
oṃ hāṃ nāgo(e)bhya(s)svāhā। oṃ hāṃ nakṣatrebhya(s)svāhā। īśānavahnau nāsibhya (s)svāhā। oṃ hāṃ kṣetrapālāyasvāhā। hariḥ oṃ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
352.1
Key
manuscripts_004320
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Cite as
Pratiṣṭhāvidhi,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 8th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381469