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Title

Āśvalāyanagr̥hyasūtra
आश्वलायनगृह्यसूत्र

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2042
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944711713503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79414178
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4471171

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Notes

• Vedic work on domestic ritual attributed to the ancient sage Āśvalāyana; includes ceremonies for different stages of life, the thread ceremony, etc.
   
• Written 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Title from colophon (f. 42r).
   
• Mistakes covered over with yellow or black; some marginal corrections; significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red; word divisions marked in red.
   
• Dated: śake 1755 (1833) (f. 42r).
   

Extent

1 item (42 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: ity āśvalāyanagr̥hyasūtre caturthodhyāyaḥ // 4 // śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu // śake 1755 // adhīkabhādrapade māsi tad dine idaṃ pustakaṃ samāpta // (f. 42r).

Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Rituals
• Rites and ceremonies--India

Genres

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

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