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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962528863503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/888033491
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6252886

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Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a kind of post-Vedic philosophical treatise exploring themes about ritual and sacrifice, and exploring their metaphysical and cultural dimensions and meaning. Presents a narrative about the figure Kauṣītaki and the various rituals he performed, such as the Agnihotra.

Notes

• Title derived from marginal abbreviations.
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1636 (1579) (f. 13r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double black lines.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Agnihotra (Hindu rite)--Early works to 1800
• Rites and ceremonies--India--Early works to 1800
• Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--16th century
• Manuscripts--India--16th century

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