Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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• bibid: 9958038493503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802809284

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Summary

Manuscript is part of a minor upapurāṇa called the Sauradharma and is to be used for consultation in private recitation and prayer in honor and worship (pūjā) of various Vedic and other gods, especially the deity Sūrya (the sun) during the performance of observances (vratas).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 4r).
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-3, [4], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Sūrya (Hindu deity)
• Gods, Vedic
• Vratas
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu mantras
• Recitations--Religious aspects
• Puja (Hinduism)

Genres

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

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• Text

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• Text

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