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Āhnikaprayoga manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1744 Śaka Saṃvat (1822 CE), 1229 San Śaśāṇka Era (Early Bengali Era) (1822 CE).

Āhnikaprayoga

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Āhnikaprayoga is a collection of various Hindu rituals. It is a manual for Vedic rituals to be performed in afternoon and during sunset. It is written in Bangla script,...

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...

Āgrayaṇamañjūṣā manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1802 Śaka Saṃvat (1880 CE)

Āgrayaṇamañjūṣā

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Āgrayaṇamañjūṣā is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma rituals which involves offering of soma to various deities. The last part of the text called Āgrayaṇanirn...

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...

Agniṣṭomamaitrāvaruṇaprayoga manuscript preview University of Pennsylvania

1722 Śaka Saṃvat, 1857 Vikrama Saṃvat (1800 CE).

Agniṣṭomamaitrāvaruṇaprayoga

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Agniṣṭomamaitrāvaruṇaprayoga is a manual for performing Vedic Agniṣṭoma sacrificial ritual which involves offering of soma to various deities. Maitrāvaruṇa hotṛ...