Short (laghu) preparatory Tantric ritual manual with associated rules and regulations for ritually touching parts of the body while reciting mantras to Rudra, a Vedic precedent for the Hindu deity Śiva. Lacks beginning. Manuscript was folded in half to make more portable for personal use.
Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 2-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti laghunyāsasamāptaṃ // (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; Vedic accents highlighted in red throughout for aiding recitation.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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