Manuscript is a kind of manual of or treatise on proprietary sacrifices and contains the rules and regulations (Hindu laws, Dharma) governing rites to be performed by a priest or senior household member. Helps to rid the home of sickness and bad omens through the propitiation of various Hindu deities.
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 black line.; Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Śāntiprayoga from internal colophon (f. 77r).; Internal colophon: iti nārāyaṇabhaṭṭasutamadrāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭasutadinakarabhaṭṭakṛto jyeṣṭāśāṃtiprayogaḥ // (f. 77r).; 101 leaves foliated 38-72, 75-79, 82-103, 108-130, 132-138, 147, 161-164, 166-169, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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