Manual for the Sacrifice to the Nine Planets and the Propitiation of Ganesha

CHUNILAL GANDHI VIDYABHAVAN, SURAT

The Shastri Dinmanishankar Library Collection

No. : 120 Subject : Dharmaśāstra Dharmaśāstra refers to the vast corpus of Sanskrit texts concerning religious and social duties, law, and ethics.

Title : Manual for the Sacrifice to the Nine Planets & Ritual for the Pacification of Ganesha? Original titles: Navagrahahomakha Prayoga and Vinayaka Śānti. The first concerns fire offerings to the nine celestial bodies of Indian astrology; the second is a ceremony to appease Vinayaka (Ganesha) to remove obstacles.

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Date of the work : __________ Date of the Ms. : V.S. 1766 The Vikram Samvat (V.S.) calendar is approximately 57 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar. V.S. 1766 corresponds to roughly 1709–1710 CE.

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Size : 9.5" by 4.6" Extent : 21 folios A folio refers to a single leaf of the manuscript, usually written on both sides.

Language : Sanskrit. Script : Devanāgarī The standard script for writing Sanskrit, characterized by the horizontal line at the top of the letters..

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