University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1454

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7445

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1454

Title:

Karkaṭīvrata

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Former Owner(s):

Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa Mahadevabhaṭṭa, active 18th century

Mahadevabhaṭṭa WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Note:

Non-Latin script record.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, lower right verso.
Written on European paper with watermarks. The same scribe and paper were also used for Item 1447, Item 1453, Item 1455, Item 1456, and Item 1459, and may have originally been from the same manuscript as one or more of these items.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe sūtaṛṣisaṃvāde karkaṭīvratakathāsamāptā // (f. 9v).
Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Karkaṭīvratakathā from colophon (f. 9v).
Formerly owned by Māhādevabhaṭṭa and Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa based on the colophon of related manuscript Item 1459 (f. 4); one may also have been the scribe of this manuscript.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Manuscripts

Manuals (instructional materials)

Prayers

Siva (Hindu deity)

Parvati (Hindu deity)

Idols and images

Hindu mythology

Rites and ceremonies

Widows--Religious aspects

Vratas

Puja (Hinduism)

India

Worship

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958375073503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3z95p/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania