Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2802: Halaṣaṣṭivratakathā
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Title from colophon (f. 4r); alternate title Halaṣṭīvratapūjākathā from colophon.
Written in 12-14 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated saṃvat 1897 and śaka 1762 (1840) (f. 4r).
Mistakes blacked out.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2802
9957784093503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796041995
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5778409
Text describes a set of rites (the halaṣaṣṭi) dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Balrāma, the elder brother of the deity Kṛṣṇa, observed on the sixth day dark phase of moon during the month of Bhadrapada (August-September). Balarāma is especially known as the deity holding a plow (hala) from which the text receives its name. Rites prescribed include the performance of breath exercises, fasting, paying obeyances to other deities such as Śiva and Umā, and bathing for the purpose of prosperity and offspring. Especially important for unmarried or newly married women.
In Sanskrit
Halaṣaṣṭivratakathā
हलषष्टिव्रतकथा
Colophon: iti śrībrahmā[ṃ]ḍapurāṇe hala[ṣa]ṣṭivratakathāsamāptaḥ // saṃvat 1897 śāke 1762 vīrodhīnāmakṛtatasaṃvatsare āśvīnaśuk[la]paṃcamībadhavārilakṣamaṇamadhumatyeyācīpothīlīkhītaṃ // halaṣṭīvratapūjākathāsaṃpūrṇaṃ // umāmaheśvaraprasannostu // (f. 4r).
paper
1 item (4 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm
Balarāma (Hindu deity)
Siva (Hindu deity)
Fasting--India
Hindu women--Religious life
Vratas
Rites and ceremonies--India
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Bathing customs--India
Puja (Hinduism)
Poems
Prayers
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century