Hastagaurīvrata, circa 1700-1850.
हस्तगौरीव्रत

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Corvus.

India.

Gaurī (Hindu deity).

Parvati (Hindu deity).

Parvati.

Vratas.

Puja (Hinduism).

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Corvus--India.

Elephants--Symbolic aspects.

Elephants.

Hindu astronomy.

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Krishna.

Kuntī (Hindu mythological character).

Kuntī.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 20 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1430

Other Title:

Gajagaurīvrata.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text is a description of the observance and rites (vrata) dedicated to the Hindu goddess Gaurī (a form of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva), sitting on top of a white elephant (hasta or gaja). Rites are performed when the sun enters into the constellation of Hasta (identified partly with the constellation Corvus). Presented as a conversation between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Kunti.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Gajagaurīvrata from incipit (f. 1r).

Written in 11 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe hastagaurīvrataṃ // (f. 2v).

Mistakes blacked out; 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 1289 (UP 1430).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1430

OCLC:

798258252