Ādityavrata, circa 1700-1850; आदित्यव्रत, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for personal use containing observances and vows (vrata) related to the veneration worship (pūjā) of the sun (āditya another name for the Vedic deity Sūrya). Vows to be performed on the first Sunday during the month of Āśvina (September-October).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Vratas; Sūrya (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 8 x 15 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Sun -- Religious aspects; Sun

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title ādityavratakathā from colophon (f. 7 recto).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right recto and verso.; Colophon: iti skaṃdhe ādityavrataṃ kathā[ṃ] saṃpūrṇa[ṃ] // (f. 7r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1469

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts