Maṅgalāgaurīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850; मङ्गलागौरीव्रतकथा,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Gaṇeśa Nātu (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used as a kind of manual or handbook for consultation by a priest or household member (especially women) wanting to perform the rites, ceremonies, observances (vratas), and worship (pūjā) associated with the goddess Pārvatī during the festival of Maṅgalāgaurī (usually on Tuesdays) held during the month of Śrāvaṇa (July/August), especially auspicious for the god Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vratas; Parvati (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Festivals -- India; Festivals; Fasts and feasts -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Puja (Hinduism); Worship (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe skaṃdanaṃdīśvarasaṃvāde maṃgalāgaurīvratakathā saṃpūrṇā // idaṃ pustakaṃ gaṇeśena likhitaṃ // (f. 9r).; Scribe is Gaṇeśa (f. 9r).; 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.; Notes on paper and bindings or wrappings.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1407

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts