Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 122: Cāturmāsyaprayoga University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 122: Cāturmāsyaprayoga 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 ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 colophon (f. 74v). Written in 7-9 lines per leaf. 75 leaves foliated 1-74, [i], upper left and lower right verso. Dated saṃvat 1847 (1790) (f. 74v); manuscript has what appears to be a "4" written over a "7," but the date could also be saṃvat 1877 (1820). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Accents in red throughout. 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 122 9958437683503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813837891 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5843768 Manuscript employed as a manual for priests performing rites and ceremonies for a set of three sacrifices performed at the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year. In Sanskrit Cāturmāsyaprayoga चातुर्मास्यप्रयोग scribe Upāsani, Satyabhāmā former owner Śarmaṇa, Vyaṅkaṭeśa Colophon: iti cāturmāsya prayogaḥ // saṃvat 18[4]7 kharanāmasaṃvatsare śuciśuklapakṣena vamyāṃtithau maumavāsareṇa lavakṣetre upāsanyupanāmakasatyabhāmayā likhitaṃ // vyaṃkaṭeśaśarmaṇe putrāya idaṃ pustakaṃ dattaṃ (f. 74v).

paper

 1 item (75 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm Formerly owned by Vyaṅkaṭeśa Śarmaṇa. Rites and ceremonies--India Purity, Ritual--Hinduism Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduism Ancestor worship--Hinduism Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--18th century