Sūryavrata, circa 1700-1850; सूर्यव्रत,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is part of a minor upapurāṇa called the Sauradharma and is to be used for consultation in private recitation and prayer in honor and worship (pūjā) of various Vedic and other gods, especially the deity Sūrya (the sun) during the performance of observances (vratas).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Recitations; Sūrya (Hindu deity); Gods, Vedic; Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras; Recitations -- Religious aspects; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-3, [4], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti sauradharmoktaṃ sūryavrataṃ samāptim agamat // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 4r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts