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TUCL
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EAP790/21/36
A manual on initiation rituals (one of the 16 life-cycle rituals or ṣoḍaśasaṃskāra). The scribe's name is Aniruddha.
TUCL
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/24
Rudrapaddhati [Rudrānuṣṭhānapaddhati] is ascribed to Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, a 16th-century author on Sanskrit prosody and authority on Dharmaśāstra. This manuscript describes t...
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/22
In Hindu weddings, the groom is considered a form of Mahāviṣṇu and the bride of Lakṣmī. This text describes the ritual of the pūjā offered to the groom, known as ‘Varaṇī’
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/19
This text from the Agastyasmṛti is in the form of a conversation between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa. It is believed to remove to remove the effects of bad omens and the sins of...
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/18
This work of Dharmaśāstra authored by Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa claims to be based on the Triṁśacchlokī, and may be his Āśaucanirṇaya with a variant title.
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/8
A treatise on different types of marriage, and rules of inheritance for the offspring of each.
TUCL
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EAP1023/19/3
These are rituals performed three times daily: morning (prātaḥsaṃdhyā), noon (mādhyāhnika) and evening (sāyaṃsaṃdhyā). The author is Bhaṭṭa Nāga Deva.
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/17
A manual on ceremonial offerings to departed ancestors (single folio).
TUCL
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/15
A manual on saṃskāra-s (life-cycle rituals), including cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure) and ear-piercing (karṇa-vedha)
TUCL
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EAP1023/20/13
A manual on the ritual offering of a huge lamp (māhādīpa) in worship