[Vaiṣṇava ritual digest?].

[Fragment of ritual text].

Vārāṇasī (Vārāṇaseyasaṃskr̥taviśvavidyālaya), 1850-1900.

24 leaves ; 9 x 16 cm, Pothi format.

Lithographic reproduction of handwritten Devanāgarī characters

In Sanskrit

Begins p. 13: "gaṅgātīrādideśe tad saṃbhave śuddhāyāṃ bhūmau gomayopaliptāyāṃ dhautavastradvayadharaḥ kuśapāṇiḥ prāṅmukha upavītī upaviśya kuśatrayatilajalānyādāya om̐ tatsadadyāmukamāse' mukapakṣe' mukatithāv amukavāsarādisaṃyutāyāṃ amukagotrasyāmukaśarmmaṇo mama svapañcatvānantarabhāvipretatvavimuktipurassaraviṣṇuloke mahatatvaprāpti"

Ends: "...iti paṭhitvā vāmāvarttano diṅmukhī bhūyāśvāsaṃ niyamyate na yathā mukhaṃ parāvartya om̐ amī bhadanta pitaro yath1ea bhāga mā vr̥ṣāyiṣata vasvādayo yathā bhāgamāvr̥ṣā"