Hastagaurīvrata, circa 1700-1850; हस्तगौरीव्रत,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text is a description of the observance and rites (vrata) dedicated to the Hindu goddess Gaurī (a form of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva), sitting on top of a white elephant (hasta or gaja). Rites are performed when the sun enters into the constellation of Hasta (identified partly with the constellation Corvus). Presented as a conversation between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Kunti.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Corvus; Gaurī (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity); Vratas; Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Corvus -- India; Elephants -- Symbolic aspects; Hindu astronomy; Krishna (Hindu deity); Kuntī (Hindu mythological character)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Gajagaurīvrata from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe hastagaurīvrataṃ // (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; 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