Laghunyāsa, 1826
लघुन्यास, १८२६

Description
Short (laghu) preparatory Tantric ritual manual with associated rules and regulations for ritually touching parts of the body while reciting mantras to Rudra.
Creator
Gaṅgādhara Gokhala (Son of Govinda Gokhala) (scribe)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1826
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Hindu mantras
Rudra (Hindu deity)
Tantrism
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts
Hinduism -- Rituals
Rites and ceremonies -- India
Rites and ceremonies
Hindu law
Geographic Subject
India
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 17 cm
Notes
Title from colophon (f. 4r).
Written in 14 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti laghunyāsaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 4r).
Scribe is Gaṅgādhara Gokhala, son of Govinda Gokhala, of the city of Vārāṇasī (f. 4r).
Dated śaka 1748 (1826) (f. 4r).
Mistakes blacked out.
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 1369
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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