Saṃkaṣṭacaturthīvratapūjākathā, circa 1700-1850.
संकष्टचतुर्थीव्रतपूजाकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Vratas.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Puja (Hinduism).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Fasting.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1408

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private consultation to be used in observances (vratas) and worship (pūjā) of the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and marking the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Bhādra (August/September). Celebrated as the birthday of the elephant-headed god. Practitioners fast during this period. Gaṇeśa is especially renowned for removing troubles (saṃsaṣṭa) and other obstacles in people's lives.

Notes:

Title from title end page (f. 9v).

Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.

9 leaves foliated 1-8, [9], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti saṃkaṣṭacaturthīsamāptaḥ // gajānanārpaṇam astu // heraṃba // (f. XX).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out.

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 1490 (UP 1408).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1408

OCLC:

804815305