Kapilāṣaṣṭhīvidhāna, circa 1700-1850; कपिलाषष्ठीविधान,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript contains two texts called the Kapilāṣaṣṭhīvidhāna one, longer text is from the Skandapurāṇa and a shorter version is from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. The first text is presented as a dialogue between the deity Brahmā (also called Pitāmaha or Grandfather), the legendary figure Yudhiṣṭhira, and the deity Kṛṣṇa. Both texts are prescribe rites and observances (vrata) such as bathing, to be performed on the sixth day in the dark half of the month of Bhādrapada (August-September) in order to receive personal benefits such as purification and the destruction of sin (pāpa). Various offerings are also prescribed such as flowers, cow's milk, and mantras.; (Part 1:) Kapilāṣaṣṭhīvidhāna of the Skandapurāṇa -- (Part 2:) Kapilāṣaṣṭhīvidhāna of the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology); Brahma (Hindu deity); Krishna (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology; Vratas; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu mantras; Bathing customs -- India; Sin -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuals (instructional materials); Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 12 x 26 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v).; Written in 16-18 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves.; Colophon (part 1): iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe dhitāmahayudhiṣṭirasaṃvāde kapilāṣaṣṭividhānaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 2v).; Colophon (part 2): iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kapilaṣaṣṭividhānaṃ samāptaṃ // cha // (f. 2v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts