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

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• bibid: 9964092383503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910182250
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6409238

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Summary

First part of manuscript (f. i-iv) instruction for performing the thread ceremony for the top three castes. Second part of manuscript is a collection of Vedic mantras (words or phrases of power) praising the deity Rudra (a Vedic form of the Hindu god Śiva). The text is more commonly known as the Rudram or the Śatarudrīya from the Yajurveda.

Notes

• Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger from title for predominant text; section title Yajñopavītavidhi from incipit (f. i verso).
   
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 19 leaves foliated [i-iv], 3-17, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Incipit: bāṇavāṃ uta // ane śannasyeṣava ābhurasya niṣaṃ gathiḥ // (f. 3r).
   
• 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 (f. i-iv) and double black (f. 3-17) line.
   
• Watermarks on first part of manuscript (f. i-iv) with the name Costa.
   

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Subjects topical

• Sacred thread ceremony
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rudra (Hindu deity)
• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu law
• Dharma

Genres

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

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