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Ādityavrata, circa 1700-1850. = आदित्यव्रत, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 15 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1469
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.
Other Title:
Ādityavratakathā.
Subjects:
Vratas.
Sūrya (Hindu deity).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Sun -- Religious aspects.
Sun.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Small manuscript for personal use containing observances and vows (vrata) related to the veneration worship (pūjā) of the sun (āditya another name for the Vedic deity Sūrya). Vows to be performed on the first Sunday during the month of Āśvina (September-October).
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title ādityavratakathā from colophon (f. 7 recto).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
7 leaves foliated 1-7, lower right recto and verso.
Colophon: iti skaṃdhe ādityavrataṃ kathā[ṃ] saṃpūrṇa[ṃ] // (f. 7r).
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 1541 (UP 1469).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1469
OCLC:
809548530