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Satyanārāyaṇakathā, circa 1700-1850.
सत्यनारायणकथा
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2778
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Revākhaṇḍa. Selections
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Narayana (Hindu deity).
- Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity).
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Vratas.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Genre:
- prayers (compositions)
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 23 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2778
- Other Title:
- Satyanārāyaṇavratāṅgapūjāvidhi.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript to be used in private recitation and prayer following observances (vratas) dedicated to the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu. Rites help to bring worldly benefits and health to the devotee through purification.
- Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Satyanārāyaṇavratāṅgapūjāvidhi from incipit.
- Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
- 10 leaves foliated [1-3], 4-10, lower right verso.
- Internal colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe revākhaṃḍe nārāyaṇaviprasaṃvāde prathamodhyāyaḥ // (f. 7r).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Paper color is blue.
- 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 1531 (UP 2778).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2778
- OCLC:
- 807974260
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