Vedic ritual text containing early examples of Hindu mythology and the procedures for building a great fire altar, animal sacrifices, and other kinds of rituals.
Title from opening marginal note in red (f. 13r); alternate title Caturthāṣṭaka from back title page (f. 72v).; May have been housed at an earlier time with Item 2, Item 3, and Item 5.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; accented in red throughout.; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 58 leaves foliated 13-71, [72], lower right verso.; Colophon: samāptaścaturthāṣṭakaḥ // śrīsāṃbārpaṇamastu // saṃvat 1871 // cha // (f. 71v).; Dated saṃvat 1871 (1814) (f. 71v).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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