This text seems to be a manual dealing with the procedure for the performance of the festival consisting of 36 components. Fixing of the suitable time for the festival and vāstuśānt are some of the topics described

Manuscript Beginning

vande gaurīṃ parānandāṃ vāñcitārthapradāyinīṃ prasannavadanāṃ bālāṃ mīnākṣīṃ kuladaivatam। sakalamantraśivāgamapāragaṃ nikhilakibiṣakāṣṭhadavānalaṃ vidhukalādharapādasamarpitaṃ madhuran[āyaka]-śaivaguruṃ bhaje। karasthakadalīcūtaṃ phanasekṣusumodakam। bālasūryaprabhaṃ vande ........bālagaṇādhipam। kāmikādiśivāmnāyā[a]kriyākāṇḍānāṃ sāradam। [b]āliśānāṃ prabodhāya vadāmy u[tsava]saṃgraham।

Manuscript Ending

iti vijñāpya pūjārtham ācāryaḥ sna[ā]naṃ bhasmadhāraṇaṃ sakalīkaraṇaṃ vidhāya sāmānyārghyaṃ saṃkalpya vighne....ṭalābhyaṅgādirabhiṣicya gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpamudganālikerādinaivedyais sampūjya bhagavan vighneśva....ṇāsyotsavasya parisamāptiṃ kuru kurv iti vijñāpya tad anumūladevaṃ yathāvibhavaṃ viśeṣataḥ sampūj.......bhagavannakhilapuruṣārthaprasādhako mahotsavo yam ārabhyate। tatra sanni[hi]tena prasādena........

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Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

390.1

Key

manuscripts_004680

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CC BY-NC 4.0

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Utsavasaṅgraha, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381829