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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Raising (of the mast) refers to certain preparatory rituals performed before Sea-voyages in ancient India (known in Prakrit as: jattā, or Sanskrit: yātrā), and was vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Details of preparation for sea-voyage are given which include the following items relating to preparatory ritual and the equipment of the ship: [e.g., raising of the mast;] [...]. When the ship was to take off auspicious musical instruments were sounded, conch-shells were blown, auspicious songs were sung, [...].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text (+615): Utthapana, Araghatta, Unnayana, Uttolana, Unnamana, Unnaya, Uddharana, Dhvajikarana, Ropana, Unnama, Jalayantra, Apekshika, Prajotpadana, Ghatiyantra, Prajotpatti, Udvahin, Udyamana, Urdhvajanu, Udyati, Utkshepa.
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Vratas depicted in the Gangajala (study) (by Maitreyee Goswami)
Part 3.5 - A study on the Śakrotthāna-vrata < [Chapter 4]
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
Chapter 6 - Twenty-four Movements of the Head
Plate XIII - Combined Hands < [Plates]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.280 < [Section XLII - Assaults]
Verse 4.244 < [Section XVIII - Relationships and Connections]
Verse 8.350 < [Section XLV - Violence (hiṃsā)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 6 - Mercurial operations (4): Raising of Mercury (utthapana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Part 2 - Eighteen different kinds of Mercurial operations < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
Chapter 11 - Prishthya (six-day period of the twelve-day rite) (continued)
Chapter 5 - The “gavam ayana” (The mahavrata, continued)
Chapter 13 - Prishthya (six-day period of the twelve-day rite) (continued)
The body in early Hatha Yoga (by Ruth Westoby)
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Introduction to chapter 4 < [Chapter 4 - ‘I will slay your red dragon’]
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