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Title

Other related names

• Cipoṇakara, Māhādevabhaṭṭa, scribe

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957943943503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800370681
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794394

Publisher

Language

Summary

Text employed in public or private recitation and prayer, presenting observances (vrata) and rites to be performed during either the bright or dark half of the month. Begins with the worship (pūjā) of the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa, and includes the veneration of Viṣṇu and other deities. Rites such as fasting, bathing, offering flowers with both hands, and others are included.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 18-19 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Scribe is Māhādevabhaṭṭa Cipoṇakara (f. 2r).
   
• Dated saṃvat 1839 mitiśrāvaṇavadya (Sunday, August 18, 1782 A.D.) (f. 2r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Vratas
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
• Bathing customs--India
• Fasting--India--Religious aspects

Genres

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

Licenses

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