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Sāvitrīvrata, circa 1700-1850. = सावित्रीव्रत, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa (Son of Nīlakaṇṭha)
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (29 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1415
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Vratārka. Selections
Other Title:
Vaṭasāvitrivṛta.
Subjects:
Widows -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Vratas.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) connected to a special fast (vrata) for women who desire to avoid widowhood. Selection from a larger compendium of observances (vratas) thought to be drawn primarily from the Skanda Purāṇa, a text that the manuscript refers to (f. 29v).
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 29r); alternate title Vaṭasāvitrivṛta from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
29 leaves foliated 1-29, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti vratārke skāṃde so[?]āyanaṃ sāvitrīvratam saṃpūrṇa śrīrastu // (f. 29r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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 3236 (UP 1415).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1415.
OCLC:
910640668