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Title

Baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayoga
बौधायनदर्शपूर्णमासप्रयोग

Authors

• Baudhāyana

Other related names

• Mahājana, Vyaṅkaṭarāva, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 120
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958437703503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813837711
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843770

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a guide or manual for hotṛ priests on how to perform the new and full moon sacrifices as laid out by the Baudhāyanīyas according to their texts dealing with public sacrifice, the Śrauta Sūtras.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Baudhāyanakṛtadarśapaurṇamāsaprayoga from colophon (f. 51v).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 51 leaves foliated 1-51, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1875 and śaka 1740 kārttikavadya 3 (Monday, 16 November 1818 A.D.) (f. 51r).
   
• Scribe is Vyaṅkaṭarāva Mahājana (f. 50v).
   
• 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.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (51 leaves) : 12 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: adṛṣṭārthā // kārttikavadya // 3 // śanivāra // saṃvat // 1875 // śake // 1740 // idaṃ pustakaṃ śrīsāṃbacaraṇarajavyaṃ kaṭarāvamahājanopanāmakena likhitaṃ śubhārthaṃ śrīrastu śloka saṃ 985 śrī // iti baudhāyanakṛtadarśapaurṇamāsapra[yoga] samāptaḥ // (f. 51r-51v).

Subjects topical

• Agnihotra (Hindu rite)
• Hindu priests
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Sacrifice--Hinduism

Genres

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

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