Vaṭasāvitrīvratodyāpana, circa 1700-1850; वटसावित्रीव्रतोद्यापन,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for women to honor their husbands by performing rites and observances (vrata) that involve the wrapping of a banyan or vaṭa tree (Ficus benghalensis) at the end of a larger observance and fast and by honoring the Vedic deity Sāvitrī as a form of the Great Goddess (Devi).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Tree worship; Sāvitrī (Hindu deity); Vratas; Hindu women; Banyan tree -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Tree worship -- India; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 33 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 3 segments foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso; manuscript is one leaf folded into three segments with the text running sequentially throughout the recto and then sequentially on the verso.; Colophon: iti sāvitrīvratodyāpanasamāptaḥ (f. 3v).; 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.; Watermark with the initials E M A in a V shape.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1403

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts