Maṇḍapanirmāṇālaṅkāraṇādi

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE24073

Type

Manuscrit

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_006530

Manuscript No.

RE24073ff

Title Alternate Script

मण्डपनिर्माणालङ्कारणादि

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Damaged

Folios in Text

5

Folio Range of Text

240a - 244b

Lines per Side

5 - 6

Folios in Bundle

256

Width

3 cm

Length

36.8 cm

Bundle No.

RE24073

Miscellaneous Notes

This text contains the description of the method of decorating maṇḍapa for special religious purposes. Aacāryabhiṣeka and dīkṣāgama and other authoritative works are quoted here. Fol. 243b contains a fragment of a sentence regarding sthāpanavidhi and fol. 244a contains a fragment of śaktisthāpana, it's b-side is blank

Manuscript Beginning

acintye। accarya dakṣiṇe madhyamāṅguli madhyame parvadughasamantārannāhant vividham ucyate। tadaṅgulaiścaturviṃśai shastamānaṃ prakīrtitam। trihastaṃ pañcahastañca ṣaḍḍhastamadhamatrayau।

Manuscript Ending

.......evandvārasya nirmāṇaṃ maṇḍapābhyantare'thava। puṣpayukkadalīpūgast[h?] audvārasya pārśvakau। citravastrairalaṃkṛtyapūk[g]apuṣpādyalaṃkṛtaḥ। ardhakacandrākṛtiryuktan (?) darpaṇādi vid[t]ānayuk। vastreṇa veṣṭayet gātra[ṃ] catuth[ḥ] toraṇabhūṣitam dīrghadhvajasamāyuktaṃ vitanopariśobhitam॥ muktādāmairalaṃṛtya puṣpamālāvalambitam। maṇḍapa.......ṭam। mārjanālepanaṃ kṛtvā śālipiṣṭāttu citrakam॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

575.32

Key

manuscripts_006530

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Maṇḍapanirmāṇālaṅkāraṇādi, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/384789