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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957943843503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800361901
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794384

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Summary

Text is a description of the observance and rites (vrata) dedicated to the Hindu goddess Gaurī (a form of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva), sitting on top of a white elephant (hasta or gaja). Rites are performed when the sun enters into the constellation of Hasta (identified partly with the constellation Corvus). Presented as a conversation between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Kunti.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Gajagaurīvrata supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
   
• Mistakes blacked out. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Gaurī (Hindu deity)
• Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Vratas
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Corvus--India
• Elephants--Symbolic aspects
• Hindu astronomy
• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Kuntī (Hindu mythology)

Genres

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

Licenses

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