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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957836603503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/798256722
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5783660

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Summary

Text dedicated to the worship of various Hindu deities, including Ganeśa and several Vedic gods, beginning on the 4th day in the month of Āśvin (September-October). Observances (vrata) are to be performed by a Brahman priest along with his wife. Includes ritual offerings given to guests in one's home, flowers cupped in both hands; offerings of sweetmeats (such as modaka), meritorious gifts, mantras, and other rites associated with pūja. Presented as a discussion between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.

Notes

• Title colophon (f. 3v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1851 (1794) (f. 3v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow, white, or blacked out; some corrections and extensive additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in faded yellow throughout. Second half of colophon written in second scribal hand.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Vaijanāthadīkṣata the son of Lallarāmacandra (f. 3v).
   

Subjects topical

• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
• Vratas
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mantras
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
• Krishna (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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