Upāṅgalalitāvrata, circa 1700-1850; उपाङ्गललिताव्रत,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation, worship, and prayer for an observance (vrata) to honor the Hindu goddess Upāṅgalalitā also known as Lalitā (a form of the goddess Dūrgā who is popular in Maharashtra), and the rules related to it. Performed during the bright half of the month of Aśvin (September-October) and fasts are observed during this period.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu goddesses; Vratas; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (11 leaves) : paper; 12 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 11 leaves foliated 1-2, 4-12, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti skaṃdapurāṇe upāṃgalalitāvrataṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrīupāṃgalīlatārpaṇamastu // cha // (f. 12v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 2271

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts