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

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• bibid: 9958140353503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/807974259
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5814035

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Summary

Manuscript to be used in private recitation and prayer following observances (vratas) dedicated to the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa, a form of Viṣṇu. Rites help to bring worldly benefits and health to the devotee through purification.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Satyanārāyaṇavratāṅgapūjāvidhi from incipit.
   
• Written in 7-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 10 leaves foliated [1-3], 4-10, lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe revākhaṃḍe nārāyaṇaviprasaṃvāde prathamodhyāyaḥ // (f. 7r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Paper color is blue.
   

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Subjects topical

• Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

• Prayers
• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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