Saṃkaṣṭacaturthī, circa 1700-1850.
संकष्टचतुर्थी

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Hindu goddesses.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Vratas.

Hindu mantras.

Puja (Hinduism).

Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Fasting.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

dialogues

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 20 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1587

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa gives instructions on how to perform this vow dedicated to honoring him. Text presented as a discourse between Gaṇeśa and his mother, the goddess Pārvatī. The performance is to begin on the 4th day in the dark half of the month of Śravaṇa (July-August) and includes fasting, mantras for performing the 16 rites of homage, among other rites. Identifies itself as a part of the Smṛtikaustubha section of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti brahmāṃḍapurāṇe smṛtikaustubhe saṃkaṣṭacaturthīvratakathāsamāptā // (f. 9r).

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.

Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1212 (UP 1587).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1587

OCLC:

786343052