Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 120: Baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayoga University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 120: Baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayoga 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 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. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 120 9958437703503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813837711 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843770 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. In Sanskrit Baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprayoga बौधायनदर्शपूर्णमासप्रयोग Baudhāyana scribe Mahājana, Vyaṅkaṭarāva 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).

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 1 item (51 leaves) : 12 x 26 cm Agnihotra (Hindu rite) Hindu priests Rites and ceremonies--India Sacrifice--Hinduism Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century