Somavatīpūjā, circa 1700-1850; सोमवतीपूजा,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Anan Sin Bhaṭ Vole (associated name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Instructions with associated rules and laws (dharma) for performing rites of worship and prayer on the day of Somavatī, first day of the new moon, in order to keep bad things from happening.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Anan Sin Bhaṭ Vole is named at the end of the manuscript (f. 3v) and is possibly a former owner or scribe associated with the manuscript.

Subject:

Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma; Hindu astrology; New moon -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 11 x 22 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti pūjāsamāptā // (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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