Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964155063503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910898701
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6415506

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Summary

Manual with associated instructions, rules, and laws (dharma) for the completion of a ritual observance and fast (vrata) directed towards the worship of the Hindu deity Kokila, a form of the goddess Satī, wife of Śiva, after she transformed into a cuckoo (kokila) upon her death. Much of the text deals with food offerings to the goddess. Satī is a form of the goddess Pārvatī, whose death occurs when she throws herself into a sacrificial fire; an act known commonly as widow burning is named after the goddess.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Watermark of possibly a coat of arms or circular commercial design with words or letters around the outer border.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

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Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Cuckoos--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu law
• Dharma
• Vratas
• Food--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Siva (Hindu deity)

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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