Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850; अदुःखनवमीव्रतकथा, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vratas; Parvati (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Puja (Hinduism); Sin -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); prayers (compositions); hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

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)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1427

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts