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

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1341 Rākṣoghnasūktavidhi / राक्षोघ्नसूक्तविधि

Title

Rākṣoghnasūktavidhi
राक्षोघ्नसूक्तविधि

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1341
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9963980003503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908392801
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6398000

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manual including rites, regulations and rules of dharma about the performance of a Vedic fire rite (homa) in order to celebrate the Destroyer of demons (Rākṣoghna), and protect the home from demons and other malevolent spirits. Work also contains Vedic hymns (sūkta) in praise of various Vedic gods to cause the destruction of demons. Manuscript was part of a larger compilation of Vedic rites and rituals.

Notes

Title from final title page (f. 5v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out.
Watermark of part of a crest.

Extent

1 item (5 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti rākṣoghnasūktavidhiḥ // (f. 5r)

Subjects topical

Homa (Rite)
Fire--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu law
Dharma

Genres

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

Licenses

Text

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URL

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Text

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URL

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