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Title

Adhānaprayoga
आधानपद्धतिप्रयोग

Authors

• Satyāṣāḍha

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1308
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963947363503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908146897
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6394736

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manual for use by Vedic priests pertaining to the guidelines (including laws and dharma) for setting up the three sacred fires that surround the fire altar (vedi).

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate titles Adhānapaddhati prayoga and Agnyādhānapaddhati prayoga supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red lines.
   

Extent

1 item (52 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu law
• Dharma

Genres

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

Licenses

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