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Title

Vratārka
व्रतार्क

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1678
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957792893503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796288678
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5779289

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Compendium of sections taken from different purāṇas on dharma, methods of worship, and various rites observances (vrata); possibly by Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa (Son of Nīlakaṇṭha). Rites include the removal of sin, praise of various Hindu deities such as the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa or Śiva, bathing, women's rites to avert evil, and purifying bodily fluids. Works contained in the manuscript include the Caturthīvrata of the Vāmanapurāṇa, the Caturthīvrata of the Upāsanākhaṇḍa in the Gaṇeśapurāṇa, the Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā of the Skandapurāṇa, the Śanipradoṣavratakathā of the Brahmapurāṇa, Vratodyāpana of the Śivarahasya, and the Malamālamāsavratodyāpana of the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Some sections are missing from the text.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 346 leaves foliated 1-51, 58-228, 230-294, 296-347, 354-359, [360], 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. Decorated front cover in purple ink and floral design (f. 1r); some pages marked up in blue ink (f. 325-328).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (346 leaves) : 14 x 36 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Dharma
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Sins
• Hindu mythology
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
• Bathing customs--India
• Blessing and cursing--India
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

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