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Śravaṇadvādaṣīvratakathā, 1778. = श्रवणद्वादशीव्रतकथा, १७७८.

Publication:
1778.
१७७८.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 325
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa. Selections.
Subjects:
Astronomy.
India.
Puja (Hinduism).
Krishna (Hindu deity).
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology).
Vishnu (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Astronomy -- India.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Observances (vrata) and worship (pūjā), especially to forms of Viṣṇu, to be performed on special occasions during the month of Bhādrapada (August-September) related to the Śravaṇa star. Rites include especially fasting. Presented as a discourse between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 9r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrībhaviṣyottarapurāṇe kṛṣṇayudhiṣṭirasaṃvāde śravaṇadvādaśīvratakathāsamāptāḥ // cha // cha śrī // saṃ[vat] 1830 // śubhaṃ bhavastuḥ // (f. 9r).
Dated saṃvat 1830 (1778) (f. 9r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
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 1281 (UP 325).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 325
OCLC:
796288679