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Title

Authors

• Divākara, active 12th century

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9967589283503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927414978
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6758928

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Language

Summary

Manual and treatise on Hindu law (dharma) likely taken from a much large work or compendium on Dharmaśāstra, possibly the Dharmaśāstrasudhānidhi by the same author; focuses especially on rites and customs related to veneration (pūjā) of the sun through mantras and other religious formulas. Text represents a collection of practices found in other sources such as the Kūrmapurāṇa (f. 2v).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 11r); alternate title Pūjāvidhānācārārkaprakāśa from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 11 leaves foliated 1-11, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Dharma
• Hindu law
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Sun worship--India
• Hindu mantras
• Puja (Hinduism)

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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