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Title

Other related names

• Parāḍakara, Viśvanātha, scribe

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958065993503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/804683243
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5806599

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Summary

Manuscript used from private or public recitation, prayer, and observance during the month of Bhādra (August/September) of rites employed to ward off problems (aduḥkha), such as evil and sin, for the coming year. It includes a section called the Pūjāvidhi, on worshiping the goddess Parvātī, as well as a section on mythology related to the observance.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 7v); alternate title Aduḥkhanavamīvrata from incipit; second alternate title Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1723 (1801) (f. 7v).
   
• Scribe is Viśvanātha Parāḍakara, son of Rāmacandra (f. 7v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout. Double vertical lines in red mark margins on some folios (f. 1-3).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Sin--Hinduism

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Prayers (documents)
• Hymns (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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