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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959998903503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857180512
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5999890

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Summary

Manuscript used for private recitation and rituals involving the 16 steps of worshiping a Hindu deity and is especially focused on hand gestures (mudrās).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Ṣoḍaśopacāramudrālakṣaṇāni from wrapper notes.
   
• Written in 10 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Cut palm leaf or possibly wood.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Gesture--Religious aspects--Hinduism
• Mudrās (Hinduism)
• Hindu gods

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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