Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 177: Cāturmāsyahautraprayoga
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Title from colophon (f. 20r).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.
Scribe is Gajanbhaṭa Abhayankara (f. 20r).
Dated śaka 1730 (1818) (f. 20r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line; red accents added throughout. Decorative cross-hatched and floral border in red ink on front and back covers (f. 1r and f. 20v).
European paper with watermarks.
Non-Latin script record.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 177
9958644303503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820005076
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5864430
Manuscript is a manual for consultation by hotṛ priests, outlining the rules and laws about performing rites of sacrifice performed at the beginning of the change of the seasons.
In Sanskrit
Cāturmāsyahautraprayoga
चातुर्मास्यहौत्रप्रयोग
Baudhāyana
scribe
Abhayankara, Gajanbhaṭa
Colophon: iti cāturmāsyahautraprayogaḥ // śrīgajānat prasan // śrīyogeśvarī [a]rpaṇam astū // sāṃba // sarasvatyai namaḥ // śrī gurubhyo namaḥ // śake 1730 vibhavanāmasaṃvatsare āśvinaśuddhacaturdaśyāṃ iṃduvāsare pūrvā[bhā]drapadānakṣatre yogavṛddhitaddine abhayaṃkaropanāmya gajaṃ bhaṭena likhitaṃ // svārthaṃ caivaparārthakaṃ // somanārīsāyaṃkālisamāptaṃ (f. 20r).
paper
1 item (20 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm
Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu priests
Sacrifice--Hinduism
Hindu law
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century