Dhvajāropaṇa, circa 1700-1850; ध्वजारोपण,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual with associated rules and laws (dharma) connected to the rites and ceremony for raising a flag or banner; includes several mantras (words or phrases of power) for recitation. Lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Flags; Hinduism; Hindu mantras; Flags -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Hindu law; Dharma

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 10 x 21 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Explicit: iti ṣaḍaṃgāni // sarvaloke (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts