Janmāṣṭamīvratodyāpana, 1760; जन्माष्टमीव्रतोद्यापन,१७६०

Date:

1760

Description:

Series of procedures and rites to celebrate and worship the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, which occurs on the 8th day in the dark half (kṛṣṇa) of the month of either Śravaṇa or Bhādra. First part of the text begins with the ritualized worship of Kṛṣṇa; the second part with the rites and vows to be performed and recited; and the third part is the finale and end of the performance of rituals.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Vratas; Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 13 x 27 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from final colophon (f. 18v); title of first part Janmāṣṭamīpūjana from incipit (f. 1v); tile of second part Janmāṣṭamīvratakathā from internal colophon (f. 16v).; Table of contents: (Part 1:) Janmāṣṭamīpūjana -- (Part 2:) Janmāṣṭamīvratakathā -- (Part 3:) Janmāṣṭamīvratodyāpana.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarokte janmāṣṭamīvratodyāpanaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 18v).; Dated saṃvat 1817 (1760) (f. 16v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, and Item 2293.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2292

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts