Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1470: Budhāṣṭamīvrata
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Title from colophon (f. 10r).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
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 1470
9957836533503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/798255485
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5783653
Observances (vrata) related to food, bathing, and other rites, performed for the worship and veneration of the Hindu goddess Pārvatī as well as a deity in the form of the planet (graha) named Budha (Mercury). Performed on the eighth day of the month of Vaiśākha. Presented as a conversation between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.
In Sanskrit
Budhāṣṭamīvrata
बुधाष्टमीव्रत
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde budhāṣṭamivratakathāsamāptā // (f. 10r).
paper
1 item (10 leaves) : 11 x 16 cm
Vratas
Puja (Hinduism)
Hindu goddesses
Parvati (Hindu deity)
Hindu astrology
Bathing customs--India
Food--India--Religious aspects
Rites and ceremonies--India
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers
Dialogues
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century