Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2735 Yajñopavītadhāraṇavidhi / यज्ञोपवीतधारणविधि
Title
Yajñopavītadhāraṇavidhiयज्ञोपवीतधारणविधि
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2735(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9975805783503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974381514
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7580578
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Manual including rules and dharma (Hindu law) 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 end title page (f. 2v).
- Written in 8 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; metrical accents in red through part of manuscript.
Extent
1 item (2 leaves) : 10 x 21 cmSupport
PaperSubjects topical
- Sacred thread ceremony
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts
- Rites and ceremonies--India
- Hindu law
- Dharma
Genres
- Treatises
- Manual (instructional materials)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
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