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• bibid: 9957944703503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800405543
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794470

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Summary

Text outlining observances and rites for a festival in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Māgha (January-February). Various rites, including fasting, worship of Śiva, and gift giving, are typically observed during both the day and night. May be a recension of the Śivarātrimāhātmya found in the Koṭirudrasaṁhitā of the Śivapurāṇa (chapter 38). Presented as a discourse between the mythological sages (ṛṣis) and the epic bard called Sūta.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Śivarātrimāhātmya from colophon (f. 4v).
   
• Written in 12-15 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1949 jyeṣṭhaśukla 6 (Wednesday, June 1, 1892 A.D.) (f. 4v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Provenance

• Manuscript likely written and commissioned in the city of Vārāṇasī.
   

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu mythology
• Vratas
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Festivals--India
• Bards and bardism

Genres

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

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