Birchbark manuscript volume, or "rcaka", MSB.83. It contains a selection of passages regarding ritual practices including the mathapratisthapana (manual for setting up a school or monastery), ritual inauguration procedures, and the agraharapratistha (manual for inaugurating a Brahmin enclave of houses that have been given by a king). For more information about the item from which this digital content was derived, please visit https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_2441382.

Language: Sanskrit

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