Snapanavidhi
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20259
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_005679
Manuscript No.
RE20259
Title Alternate Script
स्नपनविधि
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Bad and injured
Folios in Text
228
Folio Range of Text
5a - 228b
Lines per Side
4 - 6
Folios in Bundle
230
Width
3 cm
Length
40 cm
Bundle No.
RE20259
Miscellaneous Notes
This Ms. contains the process of undertaking sahasrakalaśasnapana which is a laborious preparation. The things required for the rite and the method of arranging the kalaśa-s in a circular shape on the ground or over a pedastal are also given. It is said that the treatment is based on the kāmikāgama. Blank fols. of this Ms. are 1, 8b, 28b, 64b, 117b, 229b and 230b. Fol. 2 contains names of some of the vāstudevatā-s; fol. 3 says the procedure for some expiatory rites; fol. 4 gives a list of things to be put into snapanakalaśa-s; fol. 9 contains mūlaliṅga aṅgaviṃśati; fol. 229a contians names of 9 (to be put into the snapanakalaśa-s) and fol. 230 contains a list of number of conches to be arranged in different rows in 1008 śaṅkhābhiṣekavidhāna
Text Contents
1.Folio 5a - 8a.aṣṭottaraśatakalaśa[dravyā-sand].
2.Folio 10a - 11b.saṅkalpa.
3.Folio 12a.ācāryavaraṇa.
4.Folio 13a - 28a.anujñā.
5.Folio 29a - 32a.gaṇapatipūjā.
6.Folio 32.puṇyāhavācana.
7.Folio 33a - 34b.pañcagavya.
8.Folio 34b - 36b.mṛtsaṅgrahaṇavācana.
9.Folio 36b - 45a.aṅkurārpaṇavidhi.
10.Folio 45a - 46a.rakṣābandhana.
11.Folio 46a - 58a.navādhikakalaśasthāpanavidhi.
12.Folio 58a - 64a.pañcaśuddhi.
13.Folio 65a.śaṅkhapūjā.
14.Folio 65b - 73a.pradhānakumbhapūjā.
15.Folio 73a - 75a.vardhanipūjā.
16.Folio 75b - 117a.ṣoḍaśavyūhapūjā.
17.Folio 118a - 131b.agnikāryavidhi.
18.Folio 131b - 135a.dvārapūjā.
19.Folio 135b - 137b.kalaśābhiṣeka.
20.Folio 138a - 157a.prasannapūjā and nyāsa-s.
21.Folio 158a - 161a.āvaraṇapūjā.
22.Folio 161.agnikāryaśeṣa.
23.Folio 162a - 165b.naivedyavidhi and balividhi.
24.Folio 166a - 170a.nityāgnikāryavidhi.
25.Folio 170a - 171a.homaphalasamarpaṇa and kartuḥ prasādana.
26.Folio 171.caṇḍipūjā.
27.Folio 172a - 177b.pākavidhi (Sanskrit and Tamil).
28.Folio 179a - 182b.toraṇādilakṣaṇa (Sanskrit and Tamil).
29.Folio 183a - 223b.sahasrakalaśapūjākrama.
30.Folio 224a - 228b.navādhikasahasrakalaśadravyavidhāna.
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Manuscript Beginning
śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śa'sivarṇañcaturbhujaṃ। prasannavadanandhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye॥
Manuscript Ending
ṣaḍaśe śrīlalitāmbikāyai namaḥ। ekānāvāhanādijapāntaṃ sampūjya। iti vyajana(?) caturviṃśatipūjā। iti vyañjana (?) vyūha pūjā॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
504
Key
manuscripts_005679
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Snapanavidhi,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383918