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• bibid: 9959356143503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/837684412
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5935614

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Summary

Ritual (pūjā) and observances (vrata) performed for personal and worldly benefit; dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu in the form of Ananta and propitiates and praises other deities such as Yamunā and Indra; includes hymns to these deities, breath exercises, collection of mantras, etc; possibly connected to the Padmapurāṇa (f. 9r).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 23v); alternate title Anantavratapūja from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1853 mitī kārttikavadya 8 (Tuesday, November 8, 1796) (f. 23v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Puja (Hinduism)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Vratas

Genres

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

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