Satyanārāyaṇavratakathā, 1850; सत्यनारायणव्रतकथा,१८५०

Date:

1850

Description:

Manuscript is a selection from the Mahābhārata to be used for consultation during observances (vratas), prayer, and worship (pūjā). Rites are performed in honor of the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa (also called Satyanārāyaṇa), a manifestation of the deity Viṣṇu. Contains mythology related to the rites and observances.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Narayana (Hindu deity); Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Vratas; Puja (Hinduism); Hindu mantras; Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (22 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 22r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī itihāsasamuccaye satyanārāyaṇavratakathā caturthodhyāyaḥ samāptā // śrībhagavatIprasannāstu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // śake 1772 duṃdubhināmasaṃvatsare // (f. 22r).; Dated śaka 1772 (1850) (f. 22v).; 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