Gopadmakathāvrata, circa 1700-1850; गोपद्मकथाव्रत, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Nārāyaṇa (son of Śivarāmabhaṭṭa Śikha) (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Observances (vrata) performed for the veneration and worship (pūjā) of cows during special times of the year and includes such rites as bathing offering two handfuls of flowers, and offering water to a guest.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Cows -- Religious aspects; Puja (Hinduism); Vratas; Bathing customs -- India; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Scribe is Nārāyaṇa Śikha, the son of Śivarāmabhaṭṭa Śikha (f. 5r).; Title from colophon (f. 5v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde gopadmakathāvrataṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śikhopanāmakaśivarāmabhaṭṭasyātmajanārāyaṇena likhitaṃ // cha // cha // (f. 5r).; Mistakes blacked out.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1458

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts