Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 115: Janmāṣṭamīvrata University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 115: Janmāṣṭamīvrata 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 incipit (f. 1v). Written in 7 lines per leaf. 18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. 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 115 9958437763503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813835164 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843776 Manuscript serves as a manual for the performance of observances (vratas), especially fasting in honor of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa; includes the worship of various deities such as the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa, the recitation of mantras to various deities such as Varuṇa, and the description of maṇḍalas (cosmic diagrams). These performances serve to remove sickness and give overall well-being and personal benefits. In Sanskrit Janmāṣṭamīvrata जन्माष्टमीव्रत

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 1 item (18 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm Vratas Rites and ceremonies--India Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism Krishna (Hindu deity) Hindu mantras Puja (Hinduism) Manuals (instructional materials) Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century