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Grahaśantividhi

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The manuscript is a work on the vedic ritual Grahaśantividhi. The text begins with sage Vasiṣṭha explaining to Rāma the processes of Grahaśantividhi. It is a prosess to remove negative effects of planetary positions (graha dośa) in one's horoscope. It explains the prosess of Grahaśantividhi with Saṅkalpa (f. 3a), Mātṛkā pūjā (f.7b), Yajaman tilak prosess (f. 9b), havan (f.11b). Title is taken from the colophon (f. 16a). It is written in 17–21 lines per leaf. 16 leaves are foliated 1–16, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words highlighted in red throughout.

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