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Janmāṣṭamīvratakathā, circa 1700-1850. = जन्माष्टमीव्रतकथा, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 335
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.
Subjects:
Vratas.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Puja (Hinduism).
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Observances (vrata), rites, and worship (pūjā) performed during the month of Bhādrapada (August-September) in honor of the supposed birthday of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.
Notes:
Scribe is Bāla Thiṭṭa, the son of Bhāskara Thiṭṭa (f. 8v).
Title from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-7, [8], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe janmāṣṭamīvratakathāsaṃpūrṇa[ṃ] // śubham astu // idaṃ pustakaṃ thiṭṭopanāmakabhāskaraputreṇa bālena si likhitaṃ // saṃpūrṇam astu // kṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 8v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.
Non-Latin script record.
Cited in:
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1257 (UP 335).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 335
Contributor:
Bāla (son of Bhāskara Thiṭṭa), scribe.
OCLC:
796287345