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• bibid: 9970821533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/957181337
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7082153

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Summary

Hymns from the Ṛgveda dedicated to the deity and drug Soma and employed in an ancillary work (vedāṅga). The Pavamāna, an agent of purification, is a collection of hymns often recited on fasting days associated with the Ekādaśī (eleventh day of a fortnight).

Notes

• Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Pavamānapañcasūktasahita from end title page (f. 30v).
   
• Written in 8-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1766 (1844).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; Vedic metrical accents in red throughout for recitation.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
• Fasting--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Soma (Hindu deity)
• Vedāṅgas
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Genres

• Hymns (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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