Saṃkaṣṭacaturthī, circa 1700-1850; संकष्टचतुर्थी,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa gives instructions on how to perform this vow dedicated to honoring him. Text presented as a discourse between Gaṇeśa and his mother, the goddess Pārvatī. The performance is to begin on the 4th day in the dark half of the month of Śravaṇa (July-August) and includes fasting, mantras for performing the 16 rites of homage, among other rites. Identifies itself as a part of the Smṛtikaustubha section of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Hindu goddesses; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Vratas; Hindu mantras; Puja (Hinduism); Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Dialogues; Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 11 x 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti brahmāṃḍapurāṇe smṛtikaustubhe saṃkaṣṭacaturthīvratakathāsamāptā // (f. 9r).; 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.; 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