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Aitareyabhāṣya manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Aitareyabhāṣya

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Aitareyabhāṣyaṭīkā is a super commentary on Aitareyabhāṣya which is a commentary on the Aitareyabrāhmaṇa which is part of Vedic literature. It is a brāhmaṇa te...

Āhnikaprayoga manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āhnikaprayoga

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Āhnikaprayoga is a manual for various rituals and observances to be performed daily. The text is like a guide which prescribes the application of various daily rituals a...

Āhnikaprakāśa manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āhnikaprakāśa

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Āhnikaprakāśa is a treatise on dharmaśāstra which contain rituals and observances that are to be performed daily by a priest. This Ms. is written in 7–12 lines per foli...

Āhnikakaumudī manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āhnikakaumudī

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Āhnikakaumudī is a commentary on the dharmaśāstra by Āśvalāyana called Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra. The text mainly focusses on domestic rituals in accordance with ved...

Āhnikācāratattva manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Āhnikācāratattva

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Āhnikācāratattva is a part of a larger work on Dharmaśāstra called the Smṛtitattva. The text is a manual for various domestic purification rituals. It aims to integra...

Agnivisarjanamantra manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Agnivisarjanamantra

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Agnivisarjanamantra is a manual for performing post-Vedic fire rituals which are initiated by chanting incantations and mantras. This text is used in Visarjanas (last rit...

Agnisūkta manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Agnisūkta

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Agnisūkta is a sūkta of the Ṛgveda dedicated to Agni the deity of fire. The Ṛgveda consists of ten maṇdalas which contain many sūktas each sūkta is dedicated to a d...

Agniṣṭoma prayoga manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Agniṣṭoma prayoga

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Agniṣṭoma prayoga is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma ritual which involves offering of soma to various deities. The soma is considered as a sacred and powerfu...