Kārtikamāhātmya, circa 1700-1850; कार्तिकमाहात्म्य, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Sītārāma Sapura (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Text praising the importance of the month of Kārtika (October/November) and the various rites (vratas) and mantras that need to be performed; this month is especially auspicious for the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and text contains mythology related to this figure.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Hindu astrology; Hindu mythology; Hindu mantras; Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); poems; prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (37 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 10-17 lines per leaf.; 37 leaves foliated 1-37, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kārtikamāhātmye kṛṇāsatyabhāmāsaṃvāde eko ratriṃ śodhyāyaḥ // śrīlakṣmī nṛsiṃhārpaṇamastu kṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // idaṃ pustakaṃ sapuropanāmasītārāmeṇa pūritaṃ paropakārārthaṃ // (f. 37r).; 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 red line.; Scribe is Sītārāma Sapura (f. 37r).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 320

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts