Kokilapūjana, circa 1700-1850; कोकिलपूजन,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual with associated instructions, rules, and laws (dharma) for the completion of a ritual observance and fast (vrata) directed towards the worship of the Hindu deity Kokila, a form of the goddess Satī, wife of Śiva, after she transformed into a cuckoo (kokila) upon her death. Much of the text deals with food offerings to the goddess. Satī is a form of the goddess Pārvatī, whose death occurs when she throws herself into a sacrificial fire; an act known commonly as widow burning is named after the goddess.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Cuckoos; Hinduism; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Cuckoos -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma; Vratas; Food -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Parvati (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 15 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Watermark of possibly a coat of arms or circular commercial design with words or letters around the outer border.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1411

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts