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• bibid: 9958437763503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813835164
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843776

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Summary

Manuscript serves as a manual for the performance of observances (vratas), especially fasting in honor of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa; includes the worship of various deities such as the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa, the recitation of mantras to various deities such as Varuṇa, and the description of maṇḍalas (cosmic diagrams). These performances serve to remove sickness and give overall well-being and personal benefits.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1v).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• 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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Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras
• Puja (Hinduism)

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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