Kadalīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850.
कदलीव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Idols and images.

Tree worship.

India.

Tree worship--India.

Vratas.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Puja (Hinduism).

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Hindu goddesses.

Hindu mantras.

Idols and images--India.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1433

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Religious observance (vrata) dedicated to the worship (pūja) of the banana tree (kadalī) as well as other deities such as the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa, the goddess Umā, and the deity Śiva, on special months of the year. Images (mūrtī) of the deities Umā, and Śiva are erected in front of the banana tree to help it grow. Observances are performed for the welfare of family members and for the prosperity of families.

Notes:

Title from title colophon (f. 5r).

Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kadalīvratakathāsaṃpūrṇaṃ // śrī // (f. 5r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow; vertical margins marked with double red line.

European stock of paper with unidentified water mark.

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 1248 (UP 1433).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1433

OCLC:

796288658