Ekādaśīmahātmya, circa 1700-1850; एकादशीमहात्म्य,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Discusses the significance of observing fasting rites, visiting pilgrimage sites (yātra), etc. on specific days, especially the Ekādaśī or the 11th day of a 15-day lunar cycle during specific constellations (e.g., Kārtika, Mārgaśīṣa, etc.); drawn from various Purāṇas and presented as a discussion between different mythological figures featured in the Mahābhārata, such as the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, or Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa; manuscript is incomplete and front cover has noted 66 folios (patra), thus more than half of manuscript is missing.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages; Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu astrology; Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology); Arjuna (Hindu mythological character); Krishna (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (32 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Table of contents: Brahmavaivartapurāṇa -- Skandapurāṇa -- Amapurāṇa -- Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa -- Sauparṇapurāṇa -- Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa -- Skandapurāṇa -- Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 32 leaves foliated 1-32, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; 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 Item 2394

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts