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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957792823503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796287334
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5779282

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Summary

Observance (vrata) of various rites and recitation of mantras in honor and worship (pūjā) of Arundhatī, one of the wives of the legendary sages (ṛṣis) from Hindu mythology; she is often associated with a star in the Ursa Major constellation of stars. Manuscript was once folded in half to be carried more easily for personal use.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 6v); alternate title Arundhatīvratodyāpana vidhi from the incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, 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; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Notes on paper and bindings or wrappings.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Hindu mantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Rishis
• Hindu mythology
• Hindu astronomy

Genres

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

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