Sāvitrīvratapūjākathā, circa 1700-1850.
सावित्रीव्रतपूजाकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vratas.

Puja (Hinduism).

Hindu mythology.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Fasting.

Hindu women--Religious life.

Hindu women.

Sun--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Sun.

Hinduism.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 441

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private use during the performance of rites celebrating the dark half of the month of Vaiśākha (April/May). Performed especially by women who wish to protect themselves against becoming widows. Offerings and prayers are directed towards the sun (sāvitrī). Lacks a beginning.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r).

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

12 leaves foliated 2-13, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti sāvitīvratapūjākathāsamāptam astu // śrīla[kṣmī]kāṃtāpaṃṇamastu // (f. 13r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical and horizontal margins marked with double red line. Formerly housed with Item 440.

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 1504 (UP 441).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 441

OCLC:

804810235