Roṭikāsomanāthavratakathā, circa 1700-1850; रोटिकासोमनाथव्रतकथा,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Observances (vrata), various rites, and worship, in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva and highlights the bilva, ceremonial leaf. Presented as a dialogue between the legendary king Bhadrākṣa and the sage Dūrvāsa. Additional foliation (f. 139-145) is written on the manuscript and was likely part of a larger work on vratas; it was likely housed with Item 1452 and created by the same scribal hand.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).; Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe bhadrākṣadūrvāsasaḥ saṃvāde roṭikāsomanāthavratakathāsaṃpūrṇā // (f. 7v).; 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 1460

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts