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• bibid: 9976085593503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974706751
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7608559

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Summary

Collections of Gāyatrī mantras meant for use in supplementary post-Vedic rituals. Text evokes the Advaita Vedānta philosopher Śaṃkarācārya at the end (f. 2v), suggesting the texts intended retroactive correlation with that tradition.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 2v).
   
• Written in 6 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

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Subjects topical

• Vedāṅgas
• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Gāyatrī (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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