Devatāvāhana
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE10719
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_001432
Manuscript No.
RE10719ll
Title Alternate Script
देवतावाहन
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but edges-broken
Folios in Text
6
Folio Range of Text
273a - 278b
No. of Divisions in Text
17
Title of Divisions in Text
cūrṇikā
Lines per Side
5 - 7
Folios in Bundle
355
Width
3 cm
Length
43.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE10719
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Anniyur, South Arcot District
Miscellaneous Notes
This text deals with devatāvāhana which forms part of the celebration of mahotsava. It consists in inviting various deities to be present and participate in the conduct of the festival. The form of this text generally is cūrṇikā, a form of gady with or without some śloka-s at the beginning and end. The festival is conducted in a particular temple where śiva is the chief god in whose honour it is conducted. Though this invitation to gods is a common feature in the celebration of the festivals of śiva, it has slight variations for each chief deity in the various temples. In the margin the heading "aruṇācalapaddhati" indicates that this digest relating to the main temple at tiruvaṇṇāmalai deals also with the rituals relating to other temples around it, namely the 8 temples forming vīraṭṭāna , which are at tirukkaṇṭiyūr, tirukkoovalūr, tiruvatikai, tiruppariyalūr, tiruvirkuṭi, valuvūr, tirukkurkkai and tirukkaṭavūr, and bhāskarakṣetra which is a common name for any shrine of śiva. 5-14 and 16 cūrṇikā-s are found in IFI.T.707 having the total number 34 for śloka-s and cūrṇikā-s and 1, 2, 5-12, 14-17 are found in IFI.T.744 having 17 curṇikā-s
Manuscript Beginning
śrīmatsurāsuramunivarasiddhavidyādharayakṣarākṣasapiśācakūśmāṇdavetālayoginīḍhākinīśākinībrahmarākṣasagītarāgaviṣamalocananaramṛgapaśupakṣisthāvarajaṅgamabhūlokabhuvarlokasuvarlokamaharlokajanalokatapolokasatyalokābhidhānasaptalokāḥ। brhmāṇḍagāruḍāṇḍavaiṣṇavāṇḍarudrāṇḍavṛṣabhāṇḍāntaraṇḍabahiraṇḍābhidhānasaptāṇḍāḥ॥
Manuscript Ending
pracaṇḍacaṇḍaparākramakhaṇḍaparaśusenādhipatikaruṇāmayakaṭākṣanirīkṣaṇakarakamalakalitaṭaṅkāyudhasakalagaṇārcitanirmālyadharo niveditā(?)romaheśvarapūjāvirodhijanakadrohajanitagāṇapatyo niśitaparaśudharo caṇḍeśvaraḥ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
118.38
Key
manuscripts_001432
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Cite as
Devatāvāhana,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/378581