Pauṣakṛṣṇaikādaśī, circa 1700-1850.
पौषशुक्लैकादशी

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Kāśīnātha Dhādekara, scribe.

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Bathing customs.

India.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Hindu astrology.

Vratas.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Bathing customs--India.

Moon--Religious aspects.

Moon.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2756

Other Title:

Pauṣaśuklaikādaśīputradānāmamāhātmya.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text praising the dark half (kṛṣṇapakṣa) of the month of the full moon, Pauṣa (December-January), along with the positive results derived from the rites and ceremonies (vrata) performed during that period, especially the giving of sons (putradā). Some of the text is taken up with a discussion of Pauṣaśuklaikādaśī (bright half of the month of Pauṣa) and the colophon refers to the text by this title. Presented as a conversation between the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa who instructs the former on how to perform certain observances, such proper bathing rites.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Pauṣaśuklaikādaśīputradānāmamāhātmya from colophon (f. 4r). Title on title page (f. 1r) appears to be in a different scribal hand, possibly as a corrective to the alternate title in the colophon, which does not adequately describe the contents of the manuscript.

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībramāṃḍapurāṇe pauṣaśukla ekādaśīputradānāmamāhātmyaṃ // saṃ // pu // rṇaṃ // kā[ś]Ināthadhādekaralikhitaṃ svārthayarārthaṃ pauṣaśukla ekādaśīsāṃpurṇa[ṃ] // (f. 4r).

Scribe is Kāśīnātha Dhādekara (f. 4r).

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 black 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 1197 (UP 2756).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2756

OCLC:

794378489