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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958423343503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813296696
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5842334

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Summary

Manuscript is a collection of Vedic formulas and Sanskrit mantras employed in rituals for the building of the fire altar dedicated to the Vedic deity Sāvitrī (name of the sun).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 17v).
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 17 leaves foliated 1-17, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1663 māghabahula 9 (Wednesday, 28 February 1742 A.D.) (f. 17v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Accents in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Sāvitrī (Hindu deity)
• Hindu altars
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mantras

Genres

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

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