Text used for observations (vrata), rites, and worship (pūjā) related to the month of Bhadra (August-September) and the Śravaṇa star over which Viṣṇu presides. Other rites include fasting and bathing as well as the worship of Viṣṇu's avatāras (such as Kūrma, Vāmana, Buddha, Kṛṣṇa, and Rāma). Emphasizes the importance of sacred landscape (tīrthas) of India and bathing at them, smearing one's self with ash, the removal of sin, and fasting.
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Vāmanadvādaśīpūjā from colophon (f. 7r).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti vāmanadvādaśīpūjāsamāptaḥ // athakathā // bhāskarena likhitaṃ // śake 1709 [?]vaṃganāmasaṃvatsare bhādrapadaśukladaśamyāṃ ravivāsare dāḍekaropa // (f. 7r).; Dated śaka 1709 (1787) (f. 7r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Scribe is Bhāskara (f. 7r).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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