Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1436: Budhāṣṭamīvratapūjākathā University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1436: Budhāṣṭamīvratapūjākathā 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 final title page (f. 5v). Written in 11-12 lines per leaf. 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line; floral design a decorative border on final title page (f. 5v). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1436 9964155113503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910899883 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6415511 Manuscript to be used for private or public consultation, recitation, and prayer; likely taken from a larger compendium compiled from a purāṇic source dealing with festivals, observances (vratas), pūjās (rites of worshiping deities), and mythic origins of these rites. Dedicated to Budha (Mercury), considered the son of the Moon, describing various rites to be performed in honor of this deity (such as bathing, fasting, offerings of milk, and others). In Sanskrit Budhāṣṭamīvratapūjākathā बुधाष्टमीव्रतपूजाकथा Colophon: iti bhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭirasavāde budhāṣṭamīvratapūjākathā saṃpūrṇā (f. 5r).

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 1 item (5 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm Floral decoration, f. 5v Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism Puja (Hinduism) Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu law Dharma Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century