Satyanārāyaṇavratakathā, 1850.
सत्यनारायणव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Itihāsasamuccaya.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Narayana (Hindu deity).

Narayana.

Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Vratas.

Puja (Hinduism).

Hindu mantras.

Vishnu (Hindu deity).

Vishnu.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (22 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 324

Place of Publication:

1850.

१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a selection from the Mahābhārata to be used for consultation during observances (vratas), prayer, and worship (pūjā). Rites are performed in honor of the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa (also called Satyanārāyaṇa), a manifestation of the deity Viṣṇu. Contains mythology related to the rites and observances.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 22r).

Written in 7 lines per leaf.

22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrī itihāsasamuccaye satyanārāyaṇavratakathā caturthodhyāyaḥ samāptā // śrībhagavatIprasannāstu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // śake 1772 duṃdubhināmasaṃvatsare // (f. 22r).

Dated śaka 1772 (1850) (f. 22v).

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.

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 1491 (UP 324).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 324

OCLC:

802826263