Dīkṣāpaddhati
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE04209
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
citamparavaattiyaan
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_000515
Manuscript No.
RE04209b
Title Alternate Script
दीक्षापद्धति
Language
Script
Scribe
Citamparavāttiyān
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Folios in Text
22
Folio Range of Text
131a - 150a
Lines per Side
4 - 7
Folios in Bundle
125
Missing Folios
123 - 130
Width
3.6 cm
Length
30.3 cm
Bundle No.
RE04209
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Tirunelveli
Miscellaneous Notes
This text deals in prose with the ritual of intention according to the kāmikāgama(uttara, chap. 20-23). In this paddhati the dīkṣā ritual is specially attached to śāstā worship. Tamil is used in certain folis. The date is given on fol. 150a 1.3 as the fourth thursday in the Tamil is month of paṅguni with hasta constellation. Fols. 133, 134, 145, 147-148a contain writing in Tamil as well. Fol.149 has the pecularity that the writings are in the left half of the fol. up to the middle portion and continued then in the right half. Writing is on 2 columns from fols. 144a-150a
Manuscript Beginning
evaṃguṇaviśeṣaṇa viśiṣṭāyāṃ śubhatithau catuṣṭayaphalasiddhyarthaṃ
Manuscript Ending
itu ārukaippaṭṭakṣaramenrāl rāmanātavāttiyār peeran citamparavāttiyāneLuttu
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
48.2
Key
manuscripts_000515
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License
Cite as
Dīkṣāpaddhati,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/377664