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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1425 Vaṭasāvitrīvrata / वटसावित्रीव्रत

Title

Vaṭasāvitrīvrata
वटसावित्रीव्रत

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1425
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for women to honor their husbands by performing rites and observances (vrata) that involve the wrapping of a banyan or vaṭa tree (Ficus benghalensis) at the end of a larger observance and fast and by honoring the Vedic deity Sāvitrī as a form of the Great Goddess (Devi).

Notes

Extent

1 item (3 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm

Support

Paper

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fol. 1r
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fol. 1v-2r
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fol. 2v-3r
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fol. 3v
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