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Vaiśvadeva, circa 1700-1850. = वैश्वदेव, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1462
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Subjects:
Homa (Rite).
Agnihotra (Hindu rite).
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Guide with associated rules and laws of dharma for rites, prayers, and mantras for recitation and to perform offerings and sacrifice to the Vedic gods; connected to or once part of the Agnihotra (fire sacrifice) and homa rites; the rites are identical to the Devayajña. Manuscript lacks an ending.
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; metrical accents in red throughout; 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 3484 (UP 1462).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1462.
OCLC:
910914620