Gajagaurīvrata, circa 1650-1799.
गजगौरीव्रत

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Timaṇabhaṭa ( son of Aināpurakara Rāmabhaṭa), scribe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu women.

Vratas.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Puja (Hinduism).

Gaurī (Hindu deity).

Children--Religious aspects.

Children.

Hindu women--Religious aspects.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1421

Place of Publication:

circa 1650-1799.

१७००-१७९९.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private performance of rites and vows (vratas) and particularly mothers for the welfare (saubhāgya) and good fortune of their children. Includes prescriptions for the veneration of several deities, including especially Gaurī (a form of Pārvatī), Gaṇeśa, and Śiva.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).

Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left verso.

Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe sanātangāṃdhārīsaṃvād[e ga]jagaurīvrataṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // 47 // cha // aināpurakararāmabhaṭasya putratimaṇabhaṭeṇa likhitaṃ // śrīrastu // cha // cha // gajagaurīvratasaṃpūrṇaśrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu śrīrastu // cha // (f. 8r).

Mistakes blacked out; margins marked by double vertical black lines.

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 1552 (UP 1421).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1421

OCLC:

809542599