Daśarathalalitāvratakathā, 1783; दशरथललिताव्रतकथा,१७८३

Contributor:

Dāḍekara, Bhāskarabhaṭṭa (scribe)

Date:

1783

Description:

Text of observances (vrata) and rites for the veneration and worship of the goddess Lalitā, a form of Dūrgā. Rites include sipping water and bathing.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Vratas; Hindu goddesses; Durgā (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Bathing customs -- India; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Scribe is Bhāskarabhaṭṭa Dāḍekara (f. 5r).; Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Daśāṅgalalitāpūjākathā from back title page (f. 5v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe daśarathalalitāvratakathāsamāptaḥ // śake 1705 śobhakṛnnāmasaṃvasare aśvīnavadya ekādaśyāṃ bhomyavāsare // dāḍekaropanāmakabhāskarabhaṭṭena likhitaṃ // cha // (f. 4r).; Dated śaka 1705 (1783) (f. 5r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some significant phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.; European stock of paper featuring a water mark depicting a cowboy riding on a horse under which the letters "B" and "G" appear.; 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