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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958374923503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812167792
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5837492

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Summary

Small manuscript for private use and consultation describing rites and observances (vratas) to be performed on the Moon-day (Somavāra or Monday) in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Contains numerous mantras to be recited in praise of Śiva.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 6r).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1804 śrāvaṇaśudha 5 (Tuesday, 30 July 1748) (f. 6r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; minor highlights in red (f. 4r); vertical margins marked with double black line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Vratas
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

Licenses

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