Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850.
अदुःखनवमीव्रतकथा

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vratas.

Parvati (Hindu deity).

Parvati.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Puja (Hinduism).

Sin--Hinduism.

Sin.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1427

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used from private or public recitation, prayer, and observance during the month of Bhādra (August/September) of rites employed to ward off problems (aduḥkha), such as evil and sin, for the coming year. It includes a section called the Pūjāvidhi, on worshiping the goddess Parvātī, as well as a section on mythology related to the observance.

Notes:

Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vyāsaṛṣisaṃvāde aduḥkhanavamīvratakathāsamāptaḥ // cha // śubhaṃbhavatu (f. 6r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 1533 (UP 1427).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1427

OCLC:

804815311