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• bibid: 9957943853503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800358923
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794385

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Summary

Series of procedures and rites to celebrate and worship the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, which occurs on the 8th day in the dark half (kṛṣṇa) of the month of either Śravaṇa or Bhādra. First part of the text begins with the ritualized worship of Kṛṣṇa; the second part with the rites and vows to be performed and recited; and the third part is the finale and end of the performance of rituals.

Notes

• Title from final colophon (f. 18v); title of first part Janmāṣṭamīpūjana from incipit (f. 1v); tile of second part Janmāṣṭamīvratakathā from internal colophon (f. 16v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1817 (1760) (f. 16v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2289, Item 2290, Item 2291, and Item 2293.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Licenses

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