Aśokatrirātravrata, circa 1700-1850.
अशोकत्रिरात्रव्रत

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Mahadevabhaṭṭa, active 18th century, former owner.

Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa, former owner.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Tree worship.

Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).

Tree worship--Religious aspects.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Vratas.

Puja (Hinduism).

Hindu mythology.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Māhādevabhaṭṭa and Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa based on the colophon of related manuscript Item 1459 (f. 4); one of whom may also have been the scribe of this manuscript.

Physical Description:

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

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1455

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript for public or private use for consultation, recitation, and celebration of a feast that is held over the course of three nights (trirātra) and the performance of related observances (vratas). Text celebrates the killing of the demon king Rāvaṇa and the sorrow-ending powers of the Aśoka tree.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6v).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

6 leaves foliated 2, 4, 6, lower right verso.

Colophon: iti caitraśuklatrayodabhyāṃ bhaviṣye aśokatrirātravrataṃ saṃpūrṇam // (f. 6v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Written on European paper with watermarks. The same scribe and paper were also used for Item 1447, Item 1453, Item 1454, Item 1456, and Item 1459, and may have originally been from the same manuscript as one or more of these items.

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 3452 (UP 1455).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1455

OCLC:

812170715