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Title

Kālaprabodha
कालप्रबोध

Authors

• Govindadīkṣita

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 766
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962195663503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880981229
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6219566

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for consultation and study as well as a kind of guide or manual for understanding and performing seasonal rituals throughout the year. The work is divided into 14 sections including a table of contents, followed by a section for the domestic rites associate with the various lunar months of the year. Work derives from a large set of rites contained in the manual of rites associated with the Agniṣṭoma, itself part of the Jyotiṣṭoma (Part 13, f. 10r).

Notes

• Title from title page (Section 1, f. 1r).
   
• Written in 10-15 lines per leaf.
   
• 462 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-19; (Part 2) 1-15; (Part 3) 1-11; (Part 4) 1-11; (Part 5) 1-8; (Part 6) 1-55; (Part 7) 1-108; (Part 8) 1-63, [i]; (Part 9) 1-48; (Part 10) 1-13; (Part 11) 1-5; (Part 12) 1-39; (Part 13) 1-10; (Part 14) 1-56, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1801 (1879) (Part 7 f. 108r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line on some folios.
   

Extent

1 item (462 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrījyotiṣṭome 'gniṣṭomasaṃsthāyājigarudopābhidhabālakṛṣṇasūrisūnu śrīgoviṃdādīkṣitadaivajñaviracite kālaprabodhodaye phālgunamāsakṛtyaṃ // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // śake 1801 āśvinaśuklatrayodaśyāṃ tad dine idaṃ pustakaṃ samāptiṃ // śubhaṃ bhavatu // (Part 13, f. 10r).

Subjects topical

• Agniṣṭoma (Hindu rite)
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu devotional calendars

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Tables of contents
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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