Manuscript is a treatise employed for consultation, reflection, and discussion and is an explanation, illumination, and commentary regarding the secrets of expiation and atonement (prāyaścitta) and the proper rites and rituals, such as fire sacrifice, to achieve these goals (such as the removal of sin or pāpa).
Title from colophon (f. 174v).; One wooden cover with a simple beveled edge supports the manuscript.; 174 leaves foliated 1-174, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red.; Colophon: iti śrīsāddhadripālamahāmaopādhyāya śrīśūlapāṇiviracitaḥ prāyaścittavivekaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ // (f. 174r-174v).; Dated saṃvat 1843 and śaka 1709 (f. 174v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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