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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958038463503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802809243
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5803846

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Summary

Manuscript is a selection from the Mahābhārata to be used for consultation during observances (vratas), prayer, and worship (pūjā). Rites are performed in honor of the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa (also called Satyanārāyaṇa), a manifestation of the deity Viṣṇu. Contains mythology related to the rites and observances.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 22r).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1772 (1850) (f. 22v).
   
• 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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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Nārāyaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Vratas
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Hindu mantras
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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