Anantavratakathā, circa 1760-1761; अनन्तव्रतकथा,१७६०-१७६१

Date:

1760

Description:

First part of the text is dedicated to the worship (pūjā) and veneration of Ananta, a form of the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Second part of the text is dedicated to the outlining the procedures and benefits related to vows (vratas) performed in honor of Ananta.; Anantapūjā -- Anantavratakathā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vishnu (Hindu deity); Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Poems; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 13 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 18v); alternate title Anantapūjā from incipit (f. 1v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībhaṣiṣyobharapurāṇe anaṃtavratakathā sampūrṇā // [symbol] // śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ // śrīrāma // (f. 18v).; Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).; 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 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts