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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967589163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927414712
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6758916

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Summary

Manuscript is a kind of manual for and used for performing ceremonies related to the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year and includes rites of fasting (vrata); taken from the Vrata-khaṇḍa of the Vāmanapurāṇa.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 22 leaves foliated 1-22, 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; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Watermarks that include a coat of arms and the name Gior Magnani.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

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

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