Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 107: Viṣṇuyāgapaddhati University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 107: Viṣṇuyāgapaddhati are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from title colophon (f. 146r); alternate title Viṣṇuyāgaprayoga from back title page (f. 147v). Written in 5 lines per leaf. 147 leaves foliated 1-147, upper left and lower right verso. Dated saṃvat 1904 bhādrapadavadya 5 somavāra (Wednesday, 15 September 1847) (f. 146r). Scribe is Jagannāth Āpājī Pārkar Rānjhekar who lived in Vāraṇasī (f. 146v). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; a couple of significant syllables highlighted in red. Folios 97-147 are written on blue, machine made European paper. 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 107 9958423413503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813296662 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5842341 Small manuscript for consultation during the performance of rites and rituals. Manuscript is a guide book or manual for making offerings, gifts, oblations, and sacrifices to the Hindu deity Viṣṇu. Contains formulas for recitation. In Sanskrit Viṣṇuyāgapaddhati विष्णुयागपद्धति Anantadeva, 17th cent scribe Jagannāth Āpājī Pārkar Rānjhekar former owner Nānā Sāheb Colophon: iti śrīmadāpadevasutā 'naṃtadevaviduṣākṛte viṣṇuyāgapaddhatiḥ samāptaḥ saṃvat 1904 bhādrapadavadya 5 somavāraśrīgopālakṛṣṇārpaṇam astu // hastākṣara līkhiṃ pustaka jagaṃnnāth āpājī pārakar rāṃjhekar mukām śrīkṣetrakāsī āsī saṃgama // he pustaka nānāsāheb yācī āse // (f. 146r-146v).

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 1 item (147 leaves) : 9 x 18 cm Manuscript was commissioned by Nānā Sāheb, possibly the same figure who later became a leader in the Indian rebellion against the British in 1857 A.D. Vishnu (Hindu deity) Sacrifice--Hinduism Rites and ceremonies--India Recitations--Religious aspects Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century