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

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• bibid: 9976158323503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/975834403

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Summary

Text in the genre of dharmaśāstra literature (Hindu law, dharma), part of a larger treatise or manual containing an observance (vrata) that occurs once every sixty years during the month of Bhadrapada (August-September) when specific astrological events occur. Mentions gift giving. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out.
   

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Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu astronomy
• Gifts--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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