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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964155593503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910915119
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6415559

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Summary

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) for morning prayers and a collection of mantras (words or phrases of power) and verses with instructions for recitation during the performance of the Saṃdhyā rites by the top three castes. Manuscripts starts with the end of an unknown ritual text dedicated to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Main text begins on verso (f. 1v).

Notes

• Title from explicit (f. 2v).
   
• Written in 15-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated [1-2].
   
• Explicit: anena prātaḥ saṃdhyāvaṃdadanena śrīparameśvaraḥ prīyatāṃ / (f. 2v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

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Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu law
• Dharma

Genres

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

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