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Title

Cāturmāsyahautra
चातुर्मास्यहौत्र

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 112
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958423333503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813296701
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5842333

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript serves as a guidebook for priests performing the seasonal sacrifices and rituals marking the beginning of a new season.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 75v); alternate title Cāturmāsyādhvaryuprayoga from colophon (f. 75v).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 75 leaves foliated 1-75, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1873 (Thursday, 15 August 1816 A.D.) (f. 75).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (75 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: ity aikāhikacātu[r]māsya hautraṃ samāptaṃ // śrīyajñanāṇyasannidhau cāturmāsya adhvaryuprayogasamāptaḥ // saṃvat 1873 mitiśrāvaṇe māse kṛṣṇapakṣe 7 vākhu - // śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // śrīviśveśvarāya namaḥ // oṃ // śrīrāmakṛṣṇa - // (f. 75v).

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Hindu priests
• Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

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

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