Agastyasaṃhitā, circa 1700-1850; अगस्त्यसंहिता,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text honoring the birth of the Hindu deity Rāma, containing rites to be recited and performed during the related Hindu festival of Rāmanavamī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rāma (Hindu deity); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hinduism -- Customs and practices; Festivals -- India; Festivals

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 10v); alternate title Rāmanavamīvratakathā from colophon (f. 10v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī agastisaṃhitāyāṃ agastisutīkṣṇasevāde śrīrāmanavamīvratakathāsaṃpūrṇā // (f. 10v).; Mistakes covered over in black; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1449

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts