Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958065983503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/804815310
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5806598

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Summary

Manuscript used from private or public recitation, prayer, and observance during the month of Bhādra (August/September) of rites employed to ward off problems (aduḥkha), such as evil and sin, for the coming year. It includes a section called the Pūjāvidhi, on worshiping the goddess Parvātī, as well as a section on mythology related to the observance.

Notes

• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Sin--Hinduism

Genres

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

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