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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957792903503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796375860
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5779290

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Summary

Observances (vrata) and worship (pūjā), especially to forms of Viṣṇu, to be performed on special occasions during the month of Bhādrapada (August-September) related to the Śravaṇa star. Rites include especially fasting. Presented as a discourse between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 9r).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1830 (1778) (f. 9r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Puja (Hinduism)
• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Astronomy--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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