Vaṭasāvitrīvrata, circa 1700-1850. = वटसावित्रीव्रत, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1425
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zp90 - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Tree worship.
India.
Sāvitrī (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Hindu women.
Banyan tree -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Tree worship -- India.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
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) for women to honor their husbands by performing rites and observances (vrata) that involve the wrapping of a banyan or vaṭa tree (Ficus benghalensis) at the end of a larger observance and fast and by honoring the Vedic deity Sāvitrī as a form of the Great Goddess (Devi).
- Notes:
- Title from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. - 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 3229 (UP 1425).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1425.
- OCLC:
- 910891335