Yajn̄opavītavidhi, circa 1700-1850
यज्ञोपवीतविधि, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- Manuscript is a manual or guide giving an overview of the regulations (Hindu laws) governing the performance of the sacred thread ceremony according to Vedic tradition.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- manuals (instructional materials)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Sacred thread ceremony
- Sacrifice -- Hinduism
- Hindu law
- Rites and ceremonies -- India
- Rites and ceremonies
- Hindu mantras
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 19 cm
- Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
- Written in 12 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti yajñopavītavidhiḥ (f. 2v).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 193
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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