Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2033: Laghunyāsa
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Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; one addition in margin; vertical margins marked with double black line.
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2033
9970783973503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/956707388
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7078397
Short (laghu) preparatory Tantric ritual manual with associated rules and regulations for ritually touching parts of the body while reciting mantras to Rudra, a Vedic precedent for the Hindu deity Śiva.
In Sanskrit
Laghunyāsa
लघुन्यास
paper
1 item (4 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm
Hindu mantras
Rudra (Hindu deity)
Tantrism
Śaivism
Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
Prayers
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century