Puṣpavidhi

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE19984

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama, Pūjā

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_004154

Manuscript No.

RE19984f

Title Alternate Script

पुष्पविधि

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good but slightly injured

Folios in Text

4

Folio Range of Text

77a - 80

Lines per Side

7 - 8

Folios in Bundle

90

Width

3 cm

Length

33 cm

Bundle No.

RE19984

Previous Place

Tiruppoonturutti

Miscellaneous Notes

This text deals with the flowers which could be used for doing worship. Some flowers are to be rejected. Many words are in Tamil in the central portion of this text. According to the colophon, this forms part of the kāraṇāgama part of which is available in the printed edition (CP), paṭala 31, śl.55 onwords

Manuscript Beginning

puṣpavidhiḥ। kāraṇe। śvetaṃ raktaṃ tathā pītaṃ kṛṣṇañ ceti caturvidham। śvetapadmañ ca punnāgaṃ śaṅkhapuṣpañ ca mallikā॥ nandyāvartaṃ śriyāvartaṃ mandāraṃ bahukarṇikā। dvikarṇī kuravaṃ jājī lakṣmī ca vakuLan tathā॥

Manuscript Ending

eraṇḍapatrair ānītaṃ varjayet tu viśeṣataḥ। bilvena divyarūpaṃ syāt bilvaṃ syāc chivarūpakam॥ nirmālyaṃ bilvahīnaṃ syāt kṣālayettu punaḥ punaḥ। kiṃśukaṃ nimbakan tathā। bandhukaṃ lāṅgalī bhītikusumāni visarjayet॥ iti kāraṇe puṣpapūjāvidhipaṭalaḥ॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

331.6

Key

manuscripts_004154

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Cite as

Puṣpavidhi, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381303