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• bibid: 9958423443503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813296624
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5842344

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Summary

Manuscript for consultation for the performance of initiation rites, the performance of fire sacrifice, and reference to various kinds of sacrificial implements such as ukha pots and the somavahana (stand for carrying soma). Several kinds of Vedic rites are invoked including the Jyotiṣṭoma, Agniṣṭoma, Catuṣṭoma, and others.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Fire--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Soma--Religious aspects
• Homa (Rite)
• Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

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

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