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Acāra Pradīpa Sandhyā Vidhi manuscript preview TUCL

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Acāra Pradīpa Sandhyā Vidhi

EAP1023/19/3

These are rituals performed three times daily: morning (prātaḥsaṃdhyā), noon (mādhyāhnika) and evening (sāyaṃsaṃdhyā). The author is Bhaṭṭa Nāga Deva.

Tarpaṇa Vidhi manuscript preview TUCL

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Tarpaṇa Vidhi

EAP1023/20/17

A manual on ceremonial offerings to departed ancestors (single folio).

Karṇa Bhedha manuscript preview TUCL

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Karṇa Bhedha

EAP1023/20/15

A manual on saṃskāra-s (life-cycle rituals), including cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) and ear-piercing (karṇa-vedha)

Dāna Vākyāvalī manuscript preview TUCL

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Dāna Vākyāvalī

EAP1023/20/6

A text on charitable donations of cows and other livestock (‘godānādi’), describing the good to be accrued from each.

Parabhūkathā manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Parabhūkathā

ark:/12148/btv1b10082782p

The text documents a series of conflicts between Brāhmaṇas and Kāyastha Prabhus in Maharastra regarding the performance of Hindu ritual, and how it was resolved. Keśava P...

Vivāhapaddhati manuscript preview TUCL

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Vivāhapaddhati

EAP1023/20/1

A manual on wedding rituals scribed by Aniruddha Śarma.