Haritālikakathā, 1855.
हरितालिककथा

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Parvati (Hindu deity).

Parvati.

Hindu mythology.

Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Fasting.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Vratas.

Hindu women.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2561

Place of Publication:

1855.

१८५५.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript for private use, consultation, and reflection outlining a myth about a celebratory fasting rite that women perform, honoring the deity Śiva. Presented as a discourse between Śiva and the goddess Pārvatī.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9r).

Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.

9 leaves foliated 1-9, lower right verso.

Colophon: [iti] śrīskandapurāṇe umāmahesvarasaṃvāde haritālikāka[thaṃ samāptaṃ //] śubhamaṃgalaśrīsamvat 1912 // śrīśāke 1777 // likhitaṃ p[u]stakaṃ karttikavadīdvādaśībhaumavāsare śrīguruke prasādate śubhaṃ (f. 9r).

Dated saṃvat 1912 and śaka 1777 (1855) (f. 9r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; significant words and phrases highlighted in red at beginning of manuscript (f. 1v-2r).

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 1604 (UP 2561).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2561

OCLC:

812169097