Manual for the Performance of Planetary Sacrifice (1816) - Page 2

⚠The identification card has significant surface staining and paper loss in the center, partially obscuring the handwritten title and adjacent fields.

CHUNILAL GANDHI VIDYABHAVAN, SURAT

The Shastri Dinmanishankar Library original: "Shastri Dinmanishankar Pustak-Bhandara" — 'Pustak-Bhandara' literally translates to 'book treasury' or library; it is named after a specific scholar or donor.

No. : 774. Subject : Vedic literature.
Title : Manual for the Performance of the Planetary Sacrifice Ritual original: "Gruhamakhaprayogapaddhati" — A Paddhati is a step-by-step instructional manual used by priests to conduct specific rituals. This one concerns the Graha-makha, a sacrifice intended to appease the nine celestial bodies or "planets" in Hindu astrology.
Author : — Scribe : Ramachandra. The individual who hand-copied this specific manuscript.
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Size : 8.1" by 4.6" Extent : 18 leaves original: "foll." — an abbreviation for folios, referring to the individual sheets of paper or palm leaf.
Language : Sanskrit. Script : Devanagari. The standard script used for writing Sanskrit.
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