Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 114: Navarātravidhi University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 114: Navarātravidhi are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Navarātrapūjājapahomādividhi from colophon (f. 5v-6r). Written in 9-10 lines per leaf. 6 leaves foliated 1-5, [6], upper left and lower right verso. Dated saṃvat 1868 aśvinamāse śuklapakṣe tithau 2 (Friday, 4 October 1811 A.D.) (f. 6r). Scribe is Nārāyaṇabhaṭ Abāne Tulāpurkara the son of Bālakṛṣṇa Tulāpurkara (f. 6r). Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Non-Latin script record. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 114 9958437773503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813836848 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843777 Manuscript used as a guide for proper procedures of the nine-nights festival beginning at the new moon in the month of Aśvin (September/October). Includes a discussion of related rites and recitations, including the worship (pūjā) of the goddess Dūrgā and other deities, to be performed at the proper times of day in alignment with astrological bodies. In Sanskrit Navarātravidhi नवरात्रविधि Kamalākara scribe Tulāpurkara, Nārāyaṇabhaṭ Abāne ( son of Bālakṛṣṇa Tulāpurkara) Colophon: iti kamalākarabhaṭ viracitaṃ navarātrapūjājapahomādividhiḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrī * gopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śrīreṇukādaivyairpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1868 citrabhānunāmasaṃvatsare // aśvinamāseśuklapakṣe // tithau // 2 // guruvāre tad[di]ne / tṛtīyaprahare sāsiśahare tulāpurkara ity upanāmak bālakṛṣṇasya // sūtanārāyaṇabhaṭ abāne likhitaṃ // svārthaṃ paropakārārthaṃ // yādṛśaṃ pūstakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā // yadi śuddhamayā śuddhaṃ nāmadoṣo na vidyate // anenaprīya[??]devabhagav[??]rukhimiṇipatiḥ // śrīgopālakṛṣṇam pūrneṣāṃ [??]ākaṃkul[?]?ta // (f. 5v-6r).

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 1 item (6 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm Hindu goddesses Durgā (Hindu deity) New moon--Religious aspects--Hinduism Rites and ceremonies--India Puja (Hinduism) Hindu astronomy Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century