Text for private consultation to be employed in rites and prayers performed during the month of Kārtika (October/November). Rites including bathing, fasting, fire, and other kinds of offerings, as well as numerous mantras that need to be performed during the month Kārtika, which is especially auspicious for the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa. Manuscript contains mythology related to this figure.
Language:
Sanskrit
Provenance:
Formerly owned and commissioned by Bālambhaṭṭamuni (f. 82v).; Bālambhaṭṭamuni, former owner.
Title from colophon (f. 82v).; Written in 8-13 lines per leaf.; 82 leaves foliated 1-82, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti sanatkumārasaṃhitāyāṃ kātikamāhātmye ṣadviṃśodhyāyaḥ // 26 // śrokasaṃkhyā // 1330 // sa[ṃva]t 1876 kṛtināmasa[ṃ]vatsare mārgaśīrṣakṛṣṇa 11 maṃdavāsare tad dine kārtikamāhātmasapahe pustakavālaṃbhaṭa[m]auniyāca āso / yāddaśaṃpustakaṃ dṛṣṭātādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā // śudhaṃ maśudhaṃvā mamadāṣonalikhyato // 1 // cha śrīśadhādāmodarārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃbhavatu // śrīvisveśvarārpaṇam astu // idaṃ pustakaṃ vākaṃbhaṭṭamaunī likhitaṃ // cha // (f. 82v).; Dated saṃvat 1876 (1819) (f. 82v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line on one side of each folio.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit and Marathi (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 334
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