Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959891223503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/854879466
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5989122

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Summary

Manuscript is used for consultation and is a short treatise or discussion (nirṇaya) on the celebration of special nights (rātri) of the Hindu calendar (usually around September or October) dedicated to the deity Śiva such as the Mahārātri, Kālarātri, Vīrarātri, and others, typically part of the Nine-nights (navarātri) celebrations.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 15-16 lines per side.
   
• 1 leaf.
   
• Dated saṃ[vat] [18]54 māgha (Saturday, January 20, 1798) (f. 1v); century not given, but based on the quality of the paper, most likely one is the 1800s.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

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Provenance

• Written in the town (grāma) of Jūka (f. 1v), likely in Orissa state; manuscript was sold with Ms. Coll. 390 Item 595.
   

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu calendar
• Festivals--India

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

Licenses

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