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Upāṅgalalitāvratakathā, circa 1700-1850. = उपाङ्गलिताव्रतकथा, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (16 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 362
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.
Subjects:
Hindu goddesses.
Durgā (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Vratas.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
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); fasts are observed during this period.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 14v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon (internal): iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe skaṃdaṛṣisaṃvāde upāṃgalalitāvratakathā saṃpūrṇaṃ śrīdevyārpaṇam astu (f. 14v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red 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 1543 (UP 362).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 362
OCLC:
809543610