Somavatīpūjā, circa 1700-1850.
सोमवतीपूजा

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Anan Sin Bhaṭ Vole, associated name.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Hindu astrology.

New moon--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

New moon.

Genre:

Texts.

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Anan Sin Bhaṭ Vole is named at the end of the manuscript (f. 3v) and is possibly a former owner or scribe associated with the manuscript.

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1428

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Instructions with associated rules and laws (dharma) for performing rites of worship and prayer on the day of Somavatī, first day of the new moon, in order to keep bad things from happening.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti pūjāsamāptā // (f. 3v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 3436 (UP 1428).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1428.

OCLC:

910899198