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Pauṣakṛṣṇaikādaśī, circa 1700-1850; पौषशुक्लैकादशी,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:
Kāśīnātha Dhādekara (scribe)
Date:
1700
Description:
Text praising the dark half (kṛṣṇapakṣa) of the month of the full moon, Pauṣa (December-January), along with the positive results derived from the rites and ceremonies (vrata) performed during that period, especially the giving of sons (putradā). Some of the text is taken up with a discussion of Pauṣaśuklaikādaśī (bright half of the month of Pauṣa) and the colophon refers to the text by this title. Presented as a conversation between the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa who instructs the former on how to perform certain observances, such proper bathing rites.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Bathing customs; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology); Krishna (Hindu deity); Hindu astrology; Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Bathing customs -- India
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Poems; Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts
Physical Description:
1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 28 cm
Geographic Subject:
India; Moon -- Religious aspects; Moon
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Pauṣaśuklaikādaśīputradānāmamāhātmya from colophon (f. 4r). Title on title page (f. 1r) appears to be in a different scribal hand, possibly as a corrective to the alternate title in the colophon, which does not adequately describe the contents of the manuscript.; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībramāṃḍapurāṇe pauṣaśukla ekādaśīputradānāmamāhātmyaṃ // saṃ // pu // rṇaṃ // kā[ś]Ināthadhādekaralikhitaṃ svārthayarārthaṃ pauṣaśukla ekādaśīsāṃpurṇa[ṃ] // (f. 4r).; Scribe is Kāśīnātha Dhādekara (f. 4r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.; 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