Roṭikāsomanāthavratakathā, circa 1700-1850.
रोटिकासोमनाथव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vratas.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Puja (Hinduism).

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1460

Other Title:

Roṭikāvrata.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Observances (vrata), various rites, and worship, in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva and highlights the bilva, ceremonial leaf. Presented as a dialogue between the legendary king Bhadrākṣa and the sage Dūrvāsa. Additional foliation (f. 139-145) is written on the manuscript and was likely part of a larger work on vratas; it was likely housed with Item 1452 and created by the same scribal hand.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v).

Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.

7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe bhadrākṣadūrvāsasaḥ saṃvāde roṭikāsomanāthavratakathāsaṃpūrṇā // (f. 7v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1276 (UP 1460).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1460

OCLC:

796376235