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Laghunyāsa, circa 1700-1850.
लघुन्यास
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 96
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Rudra (Hindu deity).
- Rudra.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- manuals (instructional materials)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 22 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 96
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Short (laghu) preparatory ritual text for touching parts of the body while reciting mantras to Rudra.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 4r).
- Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
- 4 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso; 4, upper left and lower right recto.
- Colophon: iti laghunyāsa samāptaṃ // (f. 4r).
- Mistakes blacked out; vertical margins marked with double red line; accents in red; floral design on back (f. 4v).
- Non-Latin script record.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4606 (UP 96).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 96
- OCLC:
- 758976684
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