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Laghunyāsa, 1826. = लघुन्यास, १८२६.

Publication:
1826.
१८२६.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 17 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1369
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Subjects:
Hindu mantras.
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Tantrism.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Short (laghu) preparatory Tantric ritual manual with associated rules and regulations for ritually touching parts of the body while reciting mantras to Rudra.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 14 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti laghunyāsaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 4r).
Scribe is Gaṅgādhara Gokhala, son of Govinda Gokhala, of the city of Vārāṇasī (f. 4r).
Dated śaka 1748 (1826) (f. 4r).
Mistakes blacked out.
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 4607 (UP 1369).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1369.
Contributor:
Gaṅgādhara Gokhala (Son of Govinda Gokhala), scribe.
OCLC:
909421030