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Budhāṣṭamīvrata, circa 1700-1850. = बुधाष्टमीव्रत, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1470
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.
Subjects:
Mythology.
Food.
Bathing customs.
Mercury (Planet).
India.
Vratas.
Puja (Hinduism).
Hindu goddesses.
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Hindu astrology.
Bathing customs -- India.
Food -- India -- Religious aspects.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).
Mercury (Planet) -- Mythology.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
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.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 10r).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde budhāṣṭamivratakathāsamāptā // (f. 10r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 1271 (UP 1470).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1470
OCLC:
798256255