Arundhatīkathā, circa 1700-1850.
अरुन्धतीकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vratas.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Puja (Hinduism).

Hindu mantras.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Rishis.

Hindu mythology.

Hindu astronomy.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1461

Other Title:

Arundhatīvratodyāpana vidhi.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observance (vrata) of various rites and recitation of mantras in honor and worship (pūjā) of Arundhatī, one of the wives of the legendary sages (ṛṣis) from Hindu mythology; she is often associated with a star in the Ursa Major constellation of stars. Manuscript was once folded in half to be carried more easily for personal use.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Arundhatīvratodyāpana vidhi from the incipit (f. 1r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, lower right verso.

Colophon: iti bhaviṣye aruṃdhatīkathāsaṃpūrṇa[ṃ] // (f. 6v).

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.

Notes on paper and bindings or wrappings.

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 1226 (UP 1461).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1461

OCLC:

796288664