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Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1755 Śaka Saṃvat (1833 CE)

Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra

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Āśvalāyanagṛhyasutra is a Kalpaśāstra text used to perform various Vedic/Hindu rituals, rites, ceremonies and Saṃskāras particularly domestic rituals in households ra...

Āsurīprayoga manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1870 Vikrama Saṃvat (1813 CE)

Āsurīprayoga

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Āsurīprayoga is a tantra text. It contains Poojā vidhi and tantrik mantras. The rituals contain Nyāsa part which are the hand and head gestures to be done while recitin...

Aṣṭottaraśata manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Aṣṭottaraśata

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Aṣṭottaraśata is a list of 108 names of the supreme Hindu deity Śiva. This text may also be used for recitation as a prayer or devotional meditation. This Ms. is writ...

Asthiśuddhi manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1700–1850

Asthiśuddhi

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Asthiśuddhi is a manual for Hindu rituals purifying bones of deceased as part of the funeral rites of the person. For context it is believed that bones may hold residual...