Sūryavrata, circa 1700-1850.
सूर्यव्रत

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Sauradharma.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Recitations.

Sūrya (Hindu deity).

Sūrya.

Gods, Vedic.

Vratas.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu mantras.

Recitations--Religious aspects.

Puja (Hinduism).

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 26 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 337

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is part of a minor upapurāṇa called the Sauradharma and is to be used for consultation in private recitation and prayer in honor and worship (pūjā) of various Vedic and other gods, especially the deity Sūrya (the sun) during the performance of observances (vratas).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r).

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

4 leaves foliated 1-3, [4], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti sauradharmoktaṃ sūryavrataṃ samāptim agamat // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (f. 4r).

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 1506 (UP 337).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 337

OCLC:

802826304