Gajagaurīvrata, circa 1650-1799; गजगौरीव्रत, १७००-१७९९

Contributor:

Timaṇabhaṭa ( son of Aināpurakara Rāmabhaṭa) (scribe)

Date:

1650

Description:

Manuscript used for private performance of rites and vows (vratas) and particularly mothers for the welfare (saubhāgya) and good fortune of their children. Includes prescriptions for the veneration of several deities, including especially Gaurī (a form of Pārvatī), Gaṇeśa, and Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu women; Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Gaurī (Hindu deity); Children -- Religious aspects; Hindu women -- Religious aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left verso.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe sanātangāṃdhārīsaṃvād[e ga]jagaurīvrataṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // 47 // cha // aināpurakararāmabhaṭasya putratimaṇabhaṭeṇa likhitaṃ // śrīrastu // cha // cha // gajagaurīvratasaṃpūrṇaśrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu śrīrastu // cha // (f. 8r).; Mistakes blacked out; margins marked by double vertical black lines.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1421

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts