Kojāgaravratakathāpūjā, circa 1700-1850
कोजागरव्रतकथापूजा, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for ceremonies, rites, and observances or vows (vrata) taken on the Kojāgara night during the full moon month Āśvin (September-October) as well as worship (pūjā) performed in honor of the goddess Lakṣmī.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
prayers (compositions)
drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Lakshmī (Hindu deity)
Puja (Hinduism)
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts
Hinduism -- Rituals
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Hindu law
Dharma
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Notes
Title from front title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; borders on front title page (f. 1r) made with quadruple red lines and decorated with floral patterns and designs.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3q65g
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1441
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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