Kojāgarīkathā, circa 1700-1850; कोजागरीकथा,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Gosvala Vāsudevagaṇeśa (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Ritual text to be performed on the evening of the day of the full moon; participant is to write down the names of different Hindu deities; especially honors the Hindu goddess Lakṣmī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Lakshmī (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from marginal note (f. 1r); alternate title Pūrṇimākatha from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Kojāgarīvidhi on outer wrapping.; Written in 5 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsantkumāra [circle] kārtika [circle] asthamodhyāyaḥ // śubhaṃ bhavatu śrīrādhādāgodarārpaṇamastu idaṃ pustakavāsudevagaṇeśena upanāmakegosvakena likhitaṃ śake 117 [sic] chapantajayanāmachaṃkchare āśvonaśudvṛtra (f. 5v).; Dating is garbled in colophon (f. 5v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Scribe is Gosvala Vāsudevagaṇeśa (f. 5v).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts