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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954769993503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781861968
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5476999

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Summary

Vows (vrata) taken and rites of worship (pūjā) performed by wives to extend the life of their husbands and avoid becoming widows; performed on specific days in Vaiśākha and Jyeṣṭha (between April and June).

Notes

• Title colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Vaṭasāvitrīkathā pūjā from title page (1r); second alternate title Vaṭasāvitrīvratakathā supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 8 lines per leaf.
   
• 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Previously housed with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 372, Item 373, and Item 374.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Puja (Hinduism)
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu women--Religious life

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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