Observances (vrata), rites, and worship (pūjā) performed on the night of the full moon for the purpose of removing sins and obtaining the fruits of ones endeavors. Includes anointing with clarified butter (ghee), offering of rice, and fire.
Scribe is Padyākara Bhiḍe.; Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayaśodāsaṃvāde battiśīpaurṇimāvratodyāpanaṃ samāptaṃ // bhāryayādvātriṃśatpaurṇamāsīvratācaritasya umāmaheśvaraprītaye kṛtasya ghṛtātkavrīhimayapiṣṭadīpaprajvalanasya saṃpūrṇaphalāvāptaye tat kalpoktavidhinānadudyāpanākhyaṃ karmakariṣye // bhiḍe ity upanāmakapadyākareṇa likhitaṃ // śake 1712 sādhāraṇanāmasaṃvatsare dakṣiṇāpane śara[?]dṛtaukārtike māsiśuklapakṣe ca [?]rdaśyāṃ tithau maṃdavāsare puṃṇyagrāme likhitaṃ // svārthaṃ paropakārārthaṃ ca // (f. 2v).; Dated śaka 1712 (1790) (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 Item 1423
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