Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850
अदुःखनवमीव्रतकथा, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Manuscript used from private or public recitation, prayer, and observance during the month of Bhādra (August/September) of rites employed to ward off problems (aduḥkha), such as evil and sin, for the coming year. It includes a section called the Pūjāvidhi, on worshiping the goddess Parvātī, as well as a section on mythology related to the observance.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- prayers (compositions)
- hymns
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Vratas
- Parvati (Hindu deity)
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Rites and ceremonies -- India
- Rites and ceremonies
- Puja (Hinduism)
- Sin -- Hinduism
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
- Notes
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vyāsaṛṣisaṃvāde aduḥkhanavamīvratakathāsamāptaḥ // cha // śubhaṃbhavatu (f. 6r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34v8w
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1427
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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