Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Hindu goddesses.
Vratas.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation, worship, and prayer for an observance (vrata) to honor the Hindu goddess Upāṅgalalitā also known as Lalitā (a form of the goddess Dūrgā who is popular in Maharashtra), and the rules related to it. Performed during the bright half of the month of Aśvin (September-October) and fasts are observed during this period.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 12v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
11 leaves foliated 1-2, 4-12, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti skaṃdapurāṇe upāṃgalalitāvrataṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // cha // śrīupāṃgalīlatārpaṇamastu // cha // (f. 12v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 1544 (UP 2271).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2271

OCLC:

801653355