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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954172563503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773936952
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5417256

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Summary

Discusses the significance of observing fasting rites, visiting pilgrimage sites (yātra), etc. on specific days, especially the Ekādaśī or the 11th day of a 15-day lunar cycle during specific constellations (e.g., Kārtika, Mārgaśīṣa, etc.); drawn from various Purāṇas and presented as a discussion between different mythological figures featured in the Mahābhārata, such as the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, or Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa; manuscript is incomplete and front cover has noted 66 folios (patra), thus more than half of manuscript is missing.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 32 leaves foliated 1-32, 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.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Subjects topical

• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--India
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu astrology
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
• Arjuna (Hindu mythology)
• Krishna (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — Floral border, f. 1r