Ms. Coll. 390 Item 360 Ṛṣipañcamīvratakathā / ऋषिपञ्चमीव्रतकथा
Title
Ṛṣipañcamīvratakathāऋषिपञ्चमीव्रतकथा
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 360(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9957783923503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796041971
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5778392
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Rite and observance (vrata) of ablution and prayer for removing sins (pāpa) for both men and women; dedicated to the praise and worship (pūjā) of a group of primordial sages (ṛṣi) as well as to dharma. Performed on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Bhādrapada (August-September). Presented as a dialogue between the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira and the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 13v-14r); alternate title Ṛṣipañcamīkathā from title page (f. 1r); second alternate title Ṛṣipañcamīpūjā supplied by cataloger.
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 14 leaves foliated 1-14, lower left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Diagram of a Persian style carpet on the final folio (14r).
- Non-Latin script record.
Extent
1 item (14 leaves) : 12 x 20 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe śrīkṛṣṇāyudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde ṛṣipaṃcamīvratakathāsaṃpūrṇam astu śrī kṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // cha cha [//] ya dṛśaṃ likhitaṃ dṛṣṭātādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā yadi ṣuddhamaṣuddhaṃ vāmamadoṣanavidyate // cha cha cha cha cha (f. 13v-14r).Subjects topical
- Rishis
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
- Rites and ceremonies--India
- Puja (Hinduism)
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit
- Dharma
Genres
- Drawings (visual works)
- Prayers
- Dialogues
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
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Decoration: illustration f. 14r
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