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• bibid: 9954185433503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774053938

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Summary

Hindu story discussing how to perform a religious rite to retain wealth dedicated to the Hindu deity Ananta (a form of Kṛṣṇa); presented as a conversation between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary king Yudhiṣṭhira who tell the story of fall and rise of the Brahman named Sumant and his various family members.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 10v).
   
• Written in 11 lines per leaf.
   
• 10 leaves foliated 1-10, lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Krishna (Hindu deity)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mythology
• Wealth--Religious aspects

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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