Pauṣākṛṣṇasaphalaikādaśīmahātmya, circa 1700-1850; पौषाकृष्णसफलैकादशीमहात्म्य,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Kāśīnātha (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Text praising the night of the full moon in the night of Pauṣa (December-January) along with the positive results derived from the rites and ceremonies (vrata) performed during that period, especially fasting. 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 as the veneration of ancestors.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Krishna (Hindu deity); Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology); Hindu mythology; Vratas; Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu astrology; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Ancestor worship -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Moon -- Religious aspects; Moon

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pauṣākṛṣṇasaphalaikādaśīmahātm[ya]ṃ / saṃpurṇaṃ // svārthaṃ parārthi // kāśīnāthacāde kara[ṇa]likhitaṃ pauṣakṛṣṇa ekādaśīsaṃpūrṇaṃ // svārthāṃṣarārkṣāṃ // (f. 4v).; 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.; Scribe is Kāśīnātha (f. 4v), same scribe as Item 2406.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2405

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts