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

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964092473503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910183252
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6409247

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Summary

Manual including rules and laws of dharma related to the sacred thread ceremony, a Vedic rite of passage for young boys of the top three castes, allowing them to participate in the performance and reading of Vedic rites and ceremonies.

Notes

• Title from text (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out.
   

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Subjects topical

• Sacred thread ceremony
• 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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