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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964061923503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/909419821
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6406192

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Summary

Manuscript is a manual or guide giving an overview of the regulations (Hindu laws) governing the performance of the sacred thread ceremony according to Vedic tradition.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 13 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

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Subjects topical

• Sacred thread ceremony
• Hindu mantras
• 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

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