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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958374943503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812167844

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Summary

Manuscript for private use, consultation, and reflection outlining a myth about a celebratory fasting rite that women perform, honoring the deity Śiva. Presented as a discourse between Śiva and the goddess Pārvatī.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 9r).
   
• Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.
   
• 9 leaves foliated 1-9, lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1912 and śaka 1777 (1855) (f. 9r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; significant words and phrases highlighted in red at beginning of manuscript (f. 1v-2r).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Vratas
• Hindu women

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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