Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1276: Darśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1276: Darśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta 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 Prāyaṣcittavidhi from colophon (f. 27v). Written in 10 lines per leaf. 27 leaves foliated 1-27, upper left and lower right verso. Manuscript is part of a group of manuscripts written by or under the direction of Sadāśiva, along with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1279, Item 1280, Item 1281, Item 1282, Item 1283, Item 1284, Item 1285, Item 1286, Item 1287, Item 1288, Item 1289, Item 1292, Item 1293, Item 1294, Item 1295, Item 1296, Item 1297, Item 1298, Item 1299, and Item 1300. Although no scribe is named, the manuscript is written on the same paper, in the same style, and on the same general subject (performing Vedic rites and ceremonies) as the other manuscripts in the group. Written between 1805 and 1814, based on dates from other manuscripts written by or under the direction of Sadāśiva. Mistakes blacked out; some minor corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1276 9963758203503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/905605332 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6375820 Manuscript employed as a manual for priests in a private or public setting for consultation during rites and ceremonies performed during full and new moon sacrifices. Text outlines procedures (religious law) for the proper performance of atonement rites and may be linked to the performance of rites at the beginning of each cycle (season) of four months (cāturmāsya) of the year, which include purification and ancestor worship. In Sanskrit Darśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitta दर्शपूर्णमासप्रायश्चित्त Baudhāyana associated name Sadāśiva (Son of Kāśinātha) Colophon: prāyaṣcittavidhiḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 27v).

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 1 item (27 leaves) : 12 x 27 cm Purity, Ritual--Hinduism Dharma Hindu law Ancestor worship--Hinduism Seasons--Religious aspects--Hinduism Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century