Janmāṣṭamīvrata, circa 1700-1850
जन्माष्टमीव्रत, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Manuscript serves as a manual for the performance of observances (vratas), especially fasting in honor of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa; includes the worship of various deities such as the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa, the recitation of mantras to various deities such as Varuṇa, and the description of maṇḍalas (cosmic diagrams). These performances serve to remove sickness and give overall well-being and personal benefits.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- prayers (compositions)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Vratas
- Rites and ceremonies -- India
- Rites and ceremonies
- Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- Hindu mantras
- Puja (Hinduism)
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
- Notes
- Title from incipit (f. 1v).
- Written in 7 lines per leaf.
- 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 115
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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