Yajñopavītadhāraṇa, circa 1700-1850; यज्ञोपवीतधारण,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manual including rules and laws of dharma related to the sacred thread ceremony, a Vedic rite of passage for young boys of the top three castes, allowing them to participate in the performance and reading of Vedic rites and ceremonies.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred thread ceremony; 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 (4 leaves) : paper; 10 x 15 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from text (f. 1r).; Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; 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