Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1403 Vaṭasāvitrīvratodyāpana / वटसावित्रीव्रतोद्यापन
Title
Vaṭasāvitrīvratodyāpanaवटसावित्रीव्रतोद्यापन
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1403(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9964155043503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910897605
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6415504
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for women to honor their husbands by performing rites and observances (vrata) that involve the wrapping of a banyan or vaṭa tree (Ficus benghalensis) at the end of a larger observance and fast and by honoring the Vedic deity Sāvitrī as a form of the Great Goddess (Devi).
Notes
- Title from incipit (f. 1r).
- Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
- 3 segments foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso; manuscript is one leaf folded into three segments with the text running sequentially throughout the recto and then sequentially on the verso.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Watermark with the initials E M A in a V shape.
Extent
1 item (1 leaf) : 33 x 21 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti sāvitrīvratodyāpanasamāptaḥ (f. 3v).Subjects topical
- Sāvitrī (Hindu deity)
- Vratas
- Hindu women
- Banyan tree--Religious aspects--Hinduism
- Tree worship--India
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
- Rites and ceremonies--India
- Hindu law
- Dharma
Genres
- Manuals (instructional materials)
- Treatises
- Watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
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