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Title

Other related names

• Lohanīdvija, Viṣṇudatta, scribe

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958497703503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/816116921
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5849770

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Language

Summary

Manuscript for private ceremonial use, a kind of pocket manual, outlining acts of observance and prayer at three daily junctures (saṃdhya): morning, noon, evening; it includes sipping water, reciting mantras, as well as the Gāyatrī mantra. Mantras are offered in prayers to various Vedic deities including Sūrya, Agni, Prajāpati, Nārāyaṇa, among others.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 6r).
   
• Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Scribe is Viṣṇudatta Lohanīdvija (f. 6r).
   
• Dated saṃvat 1807 (1750) (f. 6r).
   
• 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 black line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Gods, Vedic
• Water--India--Religious aspects
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Hindu mantras
• Sūrya (Hindu deity)
• Agni (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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