Yajñopavītamantra, circa 1700-1850; यज्ञोपवीतमन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Part of a manual or guide giving an overview of the regulations (Hindu laws) governing the performance of the sacred thread ceremony according to Vedic tradition; contains mantras (words and phrases of power) for recitation during the thread ceremony.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred thread ceremony; Hindu mantras; 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; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 10 x 15 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some metrical accents to aid in recitation added in red and black.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1371

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts