Mahotsavavidhi
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20016
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004346
Manuscript No.
RE20016d
Title Alternate Script
महोत्सवविधि
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
12
Folio Range of Text
16a - 27b
Lines per Side
5 - 7
Folios in Bundle
36
Width
2.6 cm
Length
29 cm
Bundle No.
RE20016
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contains the description of celebrating the mahotsava beginning from bherītāḍana. The padyamālā is in Sanskrit addressed to the deity in the pāṇḍya country, perhaps the deity at madurai. Each of the 5 padya-s of this padyamālā is in Sanskrit with the final word in Tamil addressed to the deity
Text Contents
1.Folio 16a - 22b.bherītāḍana.
2.Folio 23a - 25b.devatāvāhana.
3.Folio 26a - 27b.padyamālai.
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Manuscript Beginning
atha guruḥ gomayo(ā)nuliptabhūtale sthaṇḍiladvayaṃ nikṣipya saṅkalpapuṇyāhaṃ kṛtvā pañcagavyaṃ niṣpādya gaṇeśatriśūlamūrtim astreṇa samprokṣya vastragandhamālādibhir alaṅkṛtya dhavajadaṇḍāgre pūrvadakṣiṇapaścimottare bheraṃ ulūkhalamusalabherīṃ sthaṇḍilopari nikṣipya gavyena prokṣya haridrāgandhākṣatairalaṅkṛtyātra daṇḍamūle oṃ haṃ ādhāraśaktaye namaḥ oṃ hāṃ anantāsanāya namaḥ॥
Manuscript Ending
sarvadevāvṛtai rājadhānikaiḥ kārttikeyakṛttikotsavavaibhavaiḥ śrīsundareśvaraprāṇanāthaiḥ pāṇḍyavaṃśakuloddhārakaiḥ sakalasāmrājya sarvopasthitasatputrasarvakalyāṇasakalarājādhirājavanditasakalāgamasarvaśāstramantratantraśāśvatabrahmānandarūpavāne॥5॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
357.4
Key
manuscripts_004346
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Cite as
Mahotsavavidhi,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381495