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Rākṣoghnasūktavidhi, circa 1700-1850. = राक्षोघ्नसूक्तविधि, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1341
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Homa (Rite).
Fire -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manual including rites, regulations and rules of dharma about the performance of a Vedic fire rite (homa) in order to celebrate the Destroyer of demons (Rākṣoghna), and protect the home from demons and other malevolent spirits. Work also contains Vedic hymns (sūkta) in praise of various Vedic gods to cause the destruction of demons. Manuscript was part of a larger compilation of Vedic rites and rituals.
Notes:
Colophon: iti rākṣoghnasūktavidhiḥ // (f. 5r)
Title from final title page (f. 5v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out.
Watermark of part of a crest.
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 414 (UP 1341).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1341.
OCLC:
908392802