Vratakaustubha, circa 1700-1850; व्रतकौस्तुभ,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual and treatise on observances, especially those associated with fasting (vrata).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vratas; Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti vidyāvrataṃ (f. 21r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Blue, European-made paper with the watermark J. Caperony on some folios.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1585

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts