Baṭṭīśīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850.
बट्टीशीव्रतकथा

Format:

• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Śiva (Hindu deity).
• Siva (Hindu deity).
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
• Puja (Hinduism).
• Rites and ceremonies--India.
• Rites and ceremonies.
• India.
• Vratas.

Genre:

• prayers (compositions)
• manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1674

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

The first part, Baṭṭīśīvratakathā, defines 32 observances (vrata) for worshiping various gods, especially the Hindu deity Śiva in his form as Tryaṃbaka (the Three-eyed one), but also Gaṇeśa. Includes rites for sipping water, drinking mild, offering sandalwood and various flowers. The second part, Udyāpana, delineates the completion of the observances.

Contents:

• Battiśīvratakathā
• Udyāpana.

Notes:

• Title for manuscript from colophon of first part (f. 11r).
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
• 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon (Part 1): iti brahmāṃḍapurāṇe battiśībratakathā saṃpūrṇā // (f. 11r).
• Colophon (Part 2): iti udyāpanaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 12v).
• 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 1200 (UP 1674).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1674

Contains:

Udyāpana.

OCLC:

792944032