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Kokilapūjana, circa 1700-1850. = कोकिलपूजन, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 15 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1411
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Subjects:
Cuckoos.
Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Cuckoos -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Vratas.
Food -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manual with associated instructions, rules, and laws (dharma) for the completion of a ritual observance and fast (vrata) directed towards the worship of the Hindu deity Kokila, a form of the goddess Satī, wife of Śiva, after she transformed into a cuckoo (kokila) upon her death. Much of the text deals with food offerings to the goddess. Satī is a form of the goddess Pārvatī, whose death occurs when she throws herself into a sacrificial fire; an act known commonly as widow burning is named after the goddess.
Notes:
Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Watermark of possibly a coat of arms or circular commercial design with words or letters around the outer border.
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 3456 (UP 1411).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1411.
OCLC:
910898676