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Pavitreṣṭi, circa 1700-1850.
पवित्रेष्टि
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Pavitreṣṭi.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Hindu law.
- Dharma.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1304
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Part of a manual for use by Hotṛ priests outlining rules (laws, dharma) in the performance of Vedic rites of fire sacrifice. Manuscript is incomplete.
- Notes:
- Title from incipit (f. 1r).
- Written in 16 lines per leaf.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- 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 296 (UP 1304).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1304.
- OCLC:
- 907935047
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