Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Other Title:

Aduḥkhanavamīvrata.
Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā.

Subjects:

Vratas.
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Puja (Hinduism).
Sin -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used from private or public recitation, prayer, and observance during the month of Bhādra (August/September) of rites employed to ward off problems (aduḥkha), such as evil and sin, for the coming year. It includes a section called the Pūjāvidhi, on worshiping the goddess Parvātī, as well as a section on mythology related to the observance.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 7v); alternate title Aduḥkhanavamīvrata from incipit; second alternate title Aduḥkhanavamīvratakathā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe aduḥkhanavamīkathāsamāptaḥ // cha // śake 1723 durmamati saṃvatsare nabhaśukl[e] tad dine daśamīgurūvārarāmacaṃdrasya sununā viśvanāthaparāḍakareṇa svārthaparopakarārthalikhyate // cha // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // (f. 7v).
Dated śaka 1723 (1801) (f. 7v).
Scribe is Viśvanātha Parāḍakara, son of Rāmacandra (f. 7v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red throughout. Double vertical lines in red mark margins on some folios (f. 1-3).
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 1534 (UP 1439).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1439

Contributor:

Parāḍakara, Viśvanātha, scribe.

OCLC:

804683244