Budhāṣṭamīvrata

Budhāṣṭamīvrata from Bhaviśyottara Purāṇa is vrata for budha (Mercury). This vrata is has to be done in the eighth day of the Śukla Pakṣa . The manuscript contains how to worship budha graha (Budha as a god). This manuscript gives details how to worship Budha step by step . Pooja will start with foot worship (Pādyapūjā), then offering food like Pañcāṃmṛta and its end on vrata kathā. kathā is on why Budhāṣṭamīvrata is important and how Budha is great. After kathā the Yajamāna offers the food (Naivedya ). The manuscript is written in 8–9 lines per leaf. 8 leaves foliated 1–7, [8], upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are blacked out; titles in title pages (f. 1r and f. 8v) highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.