Daśaharāvrata, circa 1700-1850; दशहराव्रत,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Daśaharāstotra

Date:

1700

Description:

Outline of the regulations and rites of fasting (vrata) in praise of the Gaṅgā (Ganges) River, called here the Daśaharā or the Remover of the ten, referring to ten sins. Includes mantras to be recited.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Vratas; Dharma; Hindu mantras; Hindu law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternative title Daśaharāstotra supplied by cataloger (f. 2v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts