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Yajñopavītadhāraṇavidhi, circa 1700-1850. = यज्ञोपवीतधारणविधि, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 21 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2735
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Sacred thread ceremony.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Texts.
Treatises.
Manual (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manual including rules and dharma (Hindu law) related to the sacred thread ceremony, a Vedic rite of passage for young boys of the top three castes, allowing them to participate in the performance and reading of Vedic rites and ceremonies.
Notes:
Title from end title page (f. 2v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; metrical accents in red through part of manuscript.
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 3225 (UP 2735).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2735.
OCLC:
974381514