Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957578323503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794378465

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Summary

Ceremonial work referring to the 14th day of the month Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December), opening with a series of mantras such as the Āvāhana-mantra, the Ardha-mantra, and the Brahmapūja-mantra and pleads both recognition and forgiveness of ones sins. Recounts some of the mythical exploits of the figures Kaudinya and Śusila and, in so doing, relaying instructions for the performance of various observances such as bathing and fasting.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 7r).
   
• Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 7 leaves foliated 1-7, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1895 (1838) (f. 7r); the saṃvat year 95 is uncertain and unclear, but is the most likely reading.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Vishnu (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Vratas
• Hindu mantras
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Fasting--Religious aspects
• Bathing customs--India

Genres

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

Licenses

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