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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964155123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910899948
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6415512

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Summary

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for performing rites, ceremonies, and observances (vratas). First part (Part 1, f. 2-3) is drawn from the Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa and is an observance (vrata) to be performed during the "extra month" (adhimāsa) referred to as Malamāsa (impure month), an intercalary month often associated with misfortune and considered inauspicious. Performing these rites and observances is thought to alleviate such negative associations. The second part of the manuscript (Part 2, f. 1-4) is for constructing banks of earth around a peepal or aśvattha tree (Ficus religiosa) as part of a larger set of rites. Both works and the manuscript itself was likely part of a larger compendium of rites.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 4v).
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 2-3, 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.
   

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Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Ficus religiosa--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Tree worship--India
• Vratas
• 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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